Air Quality Alert

NCZ070-071-171900-
Gaston-Mecklenburg-
Including the cities of Gastonia and Charlotte
141 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC
has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level
Ozone for Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties, from 10 AM this morning
to 8 PM EDT this evening.

An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone
concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards. For additional information, please visit the North
Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at
https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/.

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