Chicago Illinois
Change in NO2:
-47.49
Year:
2016
Average NO2:
11.42
Uncertainty (±%):
9.63
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Chicago Illinois Trend Map
OMI versus AQS data for Chicago. The filled circles represent trends for EPA AQS surface monitors.
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Chicago Illinois Line Plot
Monthly OMI Nitrogen Dioxide data (top panel) and de-seasonalized data (bottom panel) for Chicago Illinois
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Image Credit:
NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/T. Schindler.
Chicago Comparative Imagery
Satellite data show that Chicago has seen a 43 percent decrease in nitrogen dioxide between the 2005-2007 and 2009-2011 periods. Nitrogen dioxide is a key ingredient in forming ozone, which is consistently highest above lake Michigan on hot summer days when air tends to flow northward over the lake from the Chicago area.
Large City Image
Image Credit:
Astronaut photograph ISS041-E-103791. Acquired October 28, 2014.
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 |
| Mobile Alabama | Alabama | 2.87 | 8.09 | -29.88 |
| Birmingham Alabama | Alabama | 4.08 | 7.09 | -53.35 |
| Anchorage Alaska | Alaska | 1.50 | 12.60 | -57.43 |
| Tucson Arizona | Arizona | 2.25 | 6.50 | -52.29 |
| Glendale Arizona | Arizona | 6.76 | 7.25 | -62.86 |
| Mesa Arizona | Arizona | 4.45 | 6.59 | -56.11 |
| Gilbert Arizona | Arizona | 3.95 | 6.64 | -54.07 |
| Tempe Arizona | Arizona | 4.84 | 6.59 | -59.28 |
| Scottsdale Arizona | Arizona | 4.92 | 7.14 | -61.05 |
| Chandler Arizona | Arizona | 3.51 | 7.15 | -52.62 |
| Phoenix Arizona | Arizona | 6.79 | 7.00 | -64.26 |
| Little Rock Arkansas | Arkansas | 2.57 | 8.66 | -34.03 |
| Anaheim California | California | 13.45 | 5.93 | -63.61 |
| Irvine California | California | 8.30 | 7.42 | -61.53 |
| San Bernardino California | California | 9.49 | 5.54 | -58.45 |
| Fontana California | California | 12.37 | 5.43 | -63.87 |
| Fresno California | California | 3.09 | 10.39 | -58.82 |
| Santa Clarita California | California | 4.95 | 6.54 | -64.02 |
| Riverside California | California | 11.42 | 5.95 | -64.84 |
| Moreno Valley California | California | 9.75 | 6.12 | -64.18 |
| Glendale California | California | 15.15 | 5.40 | -65.69 |
| Fremont California | California | 5.26 | 8.70 | -63.43 |
| Santa Ana California | California | 11.84 | 6.71 | -61 |
| Oxnard California | California | 2.86 | 10.28 | -49.47 |
| Stockton California | California | 4.28 | 7.50 | -61.29 |
| Elk Grove California | California | 4.15 | 7.53 | -54.8 |
| Rancho Cucamonga California | California | 12.78 | 5.37 | -65.25 |
| San Jose California | California | 4.19 | 9.42 | -61.65 |
| Oceanside California | California | 3.33 | 10.99 | -53.91 |
| Bakersfield California | California | 4.25 | 7.80 | -62.53 |
| Modesto California | California | 3.98 | 8.23 | -58.1 |
| Huntington Beach California | California | 8.78 | 8.42 | -52.19 |
| Los Angeles California | California | 13.32 | 6.01 | -62.44 |
| San Francisco California | California | 4.33 | 10.15 | -46.94 |
| Oakland California | California | 5.32 | 8.15 | -54.3 |
| Sacramento California | California | 4.34 | 7.07 | -54.89 |
| Long Beach California | California | 15.81 | 6.71 | -58.01 |
| San Diego California | California | 4.08 | 9.07 | -54.16 |
| Chula Vista California | California | 4.88 | 7.97 | -50.27 |
| Garden Grove California | California | 12.41 | 6.94 | -58.59 |
| Santa Rosa California | California | 1.53 | 11.09 | -28.41 |
| Ontario California | California | 15.09 | 5.38 | -66.51 |
| 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 |
| Cape Coral Florida | Florida | 1.54 | 8.08 | -31.69 |
| Tallahassee Florida | Florida | 1.63 | 8.77 | -22.62 |
| Pembroke Pines Florida | Florida | 2.86 | 6.43 | -45.42 |
| Hialeah Florida | Florida | 3.02 | 6.95 | -40.4 |
| Port St. Lucie Florida | Florida | 1.82 | 7.62 | -21.41 |
| Miami Florida | Florida | 3.02 | 8.08 | -36.7 |
| Jacksonville Florida | Florida | 3.54 | 7.50 | -42.88 |
| St. Petersburg Florida | Florida | 2.86 | 8.24 | -48.35 |
| Fort Lauderdale Florida | Florida | 2.88 | 7.16 | -46.7 |
| Orlando Florida | Florida | 3.57 | 5.91 | -37.17 |
| Tampa Florida | Florida | 3.50 | 7.31 | -53.1 |
| 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 |
| Chicago Illinois | Illinois | 11.42 | 9.63 | -47.49 |
| Aurora Illinois | Illinois | 7.04 | 9.75 | -33.83 |
| Indianapolis Indiana | Indiana | 5.54 | 8.79 | -41.03 |
| Fort Wayne Indiana | Indiana | 3.47 | 11.44 | -17.51 |
| 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 |
| Baton Rouge Louisiana | Louisiana | 3.63 | 7.94 | -36.1 |
| Shreveport Louisiana | Louisiana | 2.52 | 8.36 | -34.35 |
| 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 |
| Detroit Michigan | Michigan | 8.26 | 9.47 | -44.21 |
| Grand Rapids Michigan | Michigan | 4.33 | 13.65 | -33.04 |
| 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 |
| Kansas City Missouri | Missouri | 4.21 | 7.59 | -53.72 |
| St. Louis Missouri | Missouri | 5.25 | 7.73 | -42.72 |
| Omaha Nebraska | Nebraska | 2.58 | 10.19 | -27.96 |
| Lincoln Nebraska | Nebraska | 1.85 | 10.62 | -15 |
| Reno Nevada | Nevada | 1.97 | 9.50 | -51.96 |
| Henderson Nevada | Nevada | 4.16 | 7.08 | -58.31 |
| Las Vegas Nevada | Nevada | 4.24 | 6.98 | -57.67 |
| North Las Vegas Nevada | Nevada | 4.00 | 6.93 | -59 |
| Jersey City New Jersey | New Jersey | 15.16 | 7.70 | -47.23 |
| Newark New Jersey | New Jersey | 13.75 | 8.21 | -45.07 |
| Albuquerque New Mexico | New Mexico | 2.00 | 7.21 | -49.38 |
| Rochester New York | New York | 3.51 | 11.21 | -33.99 |
| Buffalo New York | New York | 4.17 | 10.17 | -38.17 |
| New York New York | New York | 15.95 | 7.24 | -46.9 |
| Yonkers New York | New York | 11.33 | 9.04 | -50.33 |
| Winston Salem North Carolina | North Carolina | 4.10 | 7.81 | -44.27 |
| 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 |
| Raleigh North Carolina | North Carolina | 3.95 | 7.52 | -44.46 |
| Durham North Carolina | North Carolina | 3.83 | 7.38 | -44.29 |
| Cleveland Ohio | Ohio | 6.70 | 9.59 | -42.81 |
| Toledo Ohio | Ohio | 6.05 | 8.44 | -40.27 |
| Akron Ohio | Ohio | 5.47 | 9.99 | -37.92 |
| Cincinnati Ohio | Ohio | 7.28 | 7.83 | -50.45 |
| Columbus Ohio | Ohio | 4.90 | 11.72 | -31.84 |
| 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 |
| Philadelphia Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 9.09 | 7.98 | -47.59 |
| Pittsburgh Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 9.26 | 10.39 | -50.73 |
| Providence Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 4.95 | 9.66 | -36.64 |
| Sioux Falls South Dakota | South Dakota | 1.34 | 11.47 | 5.15 |
| Nashville Tennessee | Tennessee | 4.49 | 9.45 | -45.51 |
| Chattanooga Tennessee | Tennessee | 3.97 | 8.03 | -49.68 |
| Memphis Tennessee | Tennessee | 3.41 | 8.28 | -43.01 |
| Knoxville Tennessee | Tennessee | 4.21 | 8.04 | -49.98 |
| Grand Prairie Texas | Texas | 4.50 | 6.21 | -40.65 |
| Amarillo Texas | Texas | 1.62 | 8.68 | -24.85 |
| San Antonio Texas | Texas | 3.14 | 6.94 | -30.71 |
| Lubbock Texas | Texas | 1.50 | 8.83 | -17.96 |
| Brownsville Texas | Texas | 1.18 | 8.78 | -4.67 |
| Plano Texas | Texas | 4.28 | 7.55 | -36.59 |
| Dallas Texas | Texas | 4.63 | 6.53 | -40.25 |
| 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 |
| Garland Texas | Texas | 4.23 | 7.25 | -35.18 |
| Laredo Texas | Texas | 1.67 | 8.40 | -20.92 |
| Corpus Christi Texas | Texas | 1.42 | 11.13 | -8.54 |
| Houston Texas | Texas | 5.80 | 7.39 | -40.6 |
| Irving Texas | Texas | 5.15 | 6.62 | -42.28 |
| McKinney Texas | Texas | 3.15 | 9.06 | -34.86 |
| Fort Worth Texas | Texas | 4.03 | 6.46 | -40.28 |
| Salt Lake City Utah | Utah | 6.11 | 18.38 | -57.39 |
| Norfolk Virginia | Virginia | 4.10 | 8.01 | -50.25 |
| Chesapeake Virginia | Virginia | 3.57 | 8.20 | -43.71 |
| Newport News Virginia | Virginia | 3.86 | 8.43 | -46.41 |
| Richmond Virginia | Virginia | 4.87 | 7.87 | -46.56 |
| Virginia Beach Virginia | Virginia | 3.80 | 9.31 | -46.36 |
| Spokane Washington | Washington | 1.80 | 8.13 | -28.54 |
| 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 |
| Madison Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 2.69 | 10.42 | -19.25 |
| Milwaukee Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 6.48 | 10.05 | -46.31 |