Air Quality Forecast
Air quality forecasts are issued every day of the year for the Birmingham area and are based on the Air Quality Index (AQI). The AQI is a color-coded scale that reports how clean or polluted the air is and the associated health effects.
The Jefferson County Department of Health forecasts fine particles (PM2.5) year-round and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management forecasts Ozone (O3) during the warm season.
An Air Quality Alert is issued when the AQI is forecast to reach 101 or higher. The public is encouraged to decrease their personal emissions on days with higher pollution levels.
Saturday-Monday: Upper level ridging will be across the area on Saturday to push high temperatures into the upper 80s with mostly sunny skies. An upper low over Texas on Saturday will slowly move northward through the Plains through Monday. The low will push moisture into the area with weak shortwaves rotating around the low. All of this will lead to mostly cloudy skies and a high chance for scattered showers/storms on Sunday and Monday. PM2.5 is expected to be in the yellow range through Monday. Ozone is expected to be in the green range through Monday.
June 04, 2026
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Ozone |
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64 |
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MODERATE |
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Pollutant AQI Value
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3 |
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37 |
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64 |
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47 |
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19 |
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2 |
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Air quality forecasts are also available via
JCDH Air Quality on