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San Francisco California

Change in NO2:
-46.94
Year:
2016
Average NO2:
4.33
Uncertainty (±%):
10.15
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Image Credit:

NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/T. Schindler.

San Francisco Comparison Imagery

Nitrogen dioxide concentrations in San Francisco during spring and summer months, averaged from 2005-2007 (left), compare to the average from 2009-2011 (right).

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San Francisco California Trend Map

OMI versus AQS data for San Francisco California. The filled circles represent trends for EPA AQS surface monitors.

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San Francisco California Line Plot

Monthly OMI Nitrogen Dioxide data (top panel) and de-seasonalized data (bottom panel) for San Francisco California

Large City Image
Image Credit:

Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, NASA Earth Observatory.

Make your own plots!  Download either our ASCII file or our Excel file that contain monthly-averaged OMI NO2 data for a number of US metro areas from 2005 to 2016.  The file can be easily imported into Microsoft Excel, for instance.


Select from the cities below to find data and plots specific to each location. To sort, simply click on one of the column headings.

City State Sort descending 2016 Average NO2 (10^15 molec cm^-2) Uncertainty (%) Change since 2005 (%)
Montgomery Alabama Alabama 2.59 7.97 -37.03
Huntsville Alabama Alabama 2.84 8.85 -36.41
Birmingham Alabama Alabama 4.08 7.09 -53.35
Mobile Alabama Alabama 2.87 8.09 -29.88
Anchorage Alaska Alaska 1.50 12.60 -57.43
Chandler Arizona Arizona 3.51 7.15 -52.62
Tucson Arizona Arizona 2.25 6.50 -52.29
Mesa Arizona Arizona 4.45 6.59 -56.11
Phoenix Arizona Arizona 6.79 7.00 -64.26
Tempe Arizona Arizona 4.84 6.59 -59.28
Scottsdale Arizona Arizona 4.92 7.14 -61.05
Glendale Arizona Arizona 6.76 7.25 -62.86
Gilbert Arizona Arizona 3.95 6.64 -54.07
Little Rock Arkansas Arkansas 2.57 8.66 -34.03
Oxnard California California 2.86 10.28 -49.47
Riverside California California 11.42 5.95 -64.84
Chula Vista California California 4.88 7.97 -50.27
Rancho Cucamonga California California 12.78 5.37 -65.25
Santa Ana California California 11.84 6.71 -61
Oceanside California California 3.33 10.99 -53.91
Modesto California California 3.98 8.23 -58.1
Garden Grove California California 12.41 6.94 -58.59
Los Angeles California California 13.32 6.01 -62.44
Anaheim California California 13.45 5.93 -63.61
Huntington Beach California California 8.78 8.42 -52.19
Stockton California California 4.28 7.50 -61.29
San Jose California California 4.19 9.42 -61.65
Fontana California California 12.37 5.43 -63.87
Oakland California California 5.32 8.15 -54.3
Fresno California California 3.09 10.39 -58.82
Long Beach California California 15.81 6.71 -58.01
Glendale California California 15.15 5.40 -65.69
San Francisco California California 4.33 10.15 -46.94
Fremont California California 5.26 8.70 -63.43
Ontario California California 15.09 5.38 -66.51
Sacramento California California 4.34 7.07 -54.89
San Diego California California 4.08 9.07 -54.16
Irvine California California 8.30 7.42 -61.53
Elk Grove California California 4.15 7.53 -54.8
Santa Rosa California California 1.53 11.09 -28.41
Bakersfield California California 4.25 7.80 -62.53
Moreno Valley California California 9.75 6.12 -64.18
San Bernardino California California 9.49 5.54 -58.45
Santa Clarita California California 4.95 6.54 -64.02
Aurora Colorado Colorado 5.42 7.41 -43.2
Colorado Springs Colorado Colorado 2.32 8.00 -37.77
Denver Colorado Colorado 5.42 7.41 -43.2
Washington D.C. District of Columbia 8.65 6.80 -50.72
Jacksonville Florida Florida 3.54 7.50 -42.88
Cape Coral Florida Florida 1.54 8.08 -31.69
Orlando Florida Florida 3.57 5.91 -37.17
St. Petersburg Florida Florida 2.86 8.24 -48.35
Hialeah Florida Florida 3.02 6.95 -40.4
Tampa Florida Florida 3.50 7.31 -53.1
Pembroke Pines Florida Florida 2.86 6.43 -45.42
Tallahassee Florida Florida 1.63 8.77 -22.62
Port St. Lucie Florida Florida 1.82 7.62 -21.41
Miami Florida Florida 3.02 8.08 -36.7
Fort Lauderdale Florida Florida 2.88 7.16 -46.7
Columbus Georgia Georgia 2.30 8.80 -32.59
Augusta Georgia Georgia 2.93 8.16 -39.49
Atlanta Georgia Georgia 6.45 7.20 -57.71
Honolulu Hawaii Hawaii 0.94 7.05 -26.7
Boise Idaho Idaho 1.91 11.35 -40.95
Aurora Illinois Illinois 7.04 9.75 -33.83
Chicago Illinois Illinois 11.42 9.63 -47.49
Fort Wayne Indiana Indiana 3.47 11.44 -17.51
Indianapolis Indiana Indiana 5.54 8.79 -41.03
Des Moines Iowa Iowa 2.20 9.50 -25.86
Wichita Kansas Kansas 1.93 8.99 -20.37
Overland Park Kansas Kansas 3.52 8.18 -47.23
Lexington Kentucky Kentucky 3.79 9.44 -37.44
Louisville Kentucky Kentucky 5.53 9.28 -44.91
Shreveport Louisiana Louisiana 2.52 8.36 -34.35
Baton Rouge Louisiana Louisiana 3.63 7.94 -36.1
New Orleans Louisiana Louisiana 2.97 8.19 -26.54
Baltimore Maryland Maryland 8.57 6.74 -49.14
Worcester Massachusetts Massachusetts 4.07 12.04 -29.67
Boston Massachusetts Massachusetts 6.29 9.54 -43.19
Grand Rapids Michigan Michigan 4.33 13.65 -33.04
Detroit Michigan Michigan 8.26 9.47 -44.21
Saint Paul Minnesota Minnesota 5.30 10.60 -38.2
Minneapolis Minnesota Minnesota 5.25 10.74 -39.41
Jackson Mississippi Mississippi 2.10 9.75 -23.89
St. Louis Missouri Missouri 5.25 7.73 -42.72
Kansas City Missouri Missouri 4.21 7.59 -53.72
Omaha Nebraska Nebraska 2.58 10.19 -27.96
Lincoln Nebraska Nebraska 1.85 10.62 -15
Las Vegas Nevada Nevada 4.24 6.98 -57.67
North Las Vegas Nevada Nevada 4.00 6.93 -59
Henderson Nevada Nevada 4.16 7.08 -58.31
Reno Nevada Nevada 1.97 9.50 -51.96
Newark New Jersey New Jersey 13.75 8.21 -45.07
Jersey City New Jersey New Jersey 15.16 7.70 -47.23
Albuquerque New Mexico New Mexico 2.00 7.21 -49.38
New York New York New York 15.95 7.24 -46.9
Buffalo New York New York 4.17 10.17 -38.17
Yonkers New York New York 11.33 9.04 -50.33
Rochester New York New York 3.51 11.21 -33.99
Winston Salem North Carolina North Carolina 4.10 7.81 -44.27
Durham North Carolina North Carolina 3.83 7.38 -44.29
Raleigh North Carolina North Carolina 3.95 7.52 -44.46
Fayetteville North Carolina North Carolina 3.28 8.04 -40.07
Charlotte North Carolina North Carolina 4.92 6.78 -48.56
Greensboro North Carolina North Carolina 4.50 7.76 -46.85
Columbus Ohio Ohio 4.90 11.72 -31.84
Toledo Ohio Ohio 6.05 8.44 -40.27
Cleveland Ohio Ohio 6.70 9.59 -42.81
Akron Ohio Ohio 5.47 9.99 -37.92
Cincinnati Ohio Ohio 7.28 7.83 -50.45
Tulsa Oklahoma Oklahoma 2.94 7.44 -37.62
Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma 2.82 7.62 -35.63
Portland Oregon Oregon 3.97 9.09 -53.9
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 9.26 10.39 -50.73
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 9.09 7.98 -47.59
Providence Rhode Island Rhode Island 4.95 9.66 -36.64
Sioux Falls South Dakota South Dakota 1.34 11.47 5.15
Memphis Tennessee Tennessee 3.41 8.28 -43.01
Knoxville Tennessee Tennessee 4.21 8.04 -49.98
Nashville Tennessee Tennessee 4.49 9.45 -45.51
Chattanooga Tennessee Tennessee 3.97 8.03 -49.68
Garland Texas Texas 4.23 7.25 -35.18
Corpus Christi Texas Texas 1.42 11.13 -8.54
Plano Texas Texas 4.28 7.55 -36.59
San Antonio Texas Texas 3.14 6.94 -30.71
Fort Worth Texas Texas 4.03 6.46 -40.28
Grand Prairie Texas Texas 4.50 6.21 -40.65
Laredo Texas Texas 1.67 8.40 -20.92
Amarillo Texas Texas 1.62 8.68 -24.85
Houston Texas Texas 5.80 7.39 -40.6
McKinney Texas Texas 3.15 9.06 -34.86
Irving Texas Texas 5.15 6.62 -42.28
Brownsville Texas Texas 1.18 8.78 -4.67
Dallas Texas Texas 4.63 6.53 -40.25
Lubbock Texas Texas 1.50 8.83 -17.96
Arlington Texas Texas 4.69 6.26 -40.5
El Paso Texas Texas 2.48 6.41 -33.86
Austin Texas Texas 2.90 7.88 -27.32
Salt Lake City Utah Utah 6.11 18.38 -57.39
Richmond Virginia Virginia 4.87 7.87 -46.56
Chesapeake Virginia Virginia 3.57 8.20 -43.71
Virginia Beach Virginia Virginia 3.80 9.31 -46.36
Norfolk Virginia Virginia 4.10 8.01 -50.25
Newport News Virginia Virginia 3.86 8.43 -46.41
Tacoma Washington Washington 5.47 9.85 -44.85
Seattle Washington Washington 5.54 8.36 -51.87
Vancouver Washington Washington 3.74 8.93 -52.73
Spokane Washington Washington 1.80 8.13 -28.54
Madison Wisconsin Wisconsin 2.69 10.42 -19.25
Milwaukee Wisconsin Wisconsin 6.48 10.05 -46.31