New York New York
Change in NO2:
-46.9
Year:
2016
Average NO2:
15.95
Uncertainty (±%):
7.24
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Image Credit:
NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/T. Schindler.
New York Comparative Imagery
Satellite data show that New York City has seen a 32 percent decrease in nitrogen dioxide between the 2005-2007 (left) and 2009-2011 (right) periods. The city tops the charts in terms of U.S. population, which usually means more air pollution. Even here, however, the air is on the mend.
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New York City Trend Map
OMI versus AQS data for New York City. The filled circles represent trends for EPA AQS surface monitors.
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New York City New York Line Plot
Monthly OMI Nitrogen Dioxide data (top panel) and de-seasonalized data (bottom panel) for New York City.
Large City Image
Image Credit:
Astronaut photograph ISS039-E-18538. Acquired on May 5, 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 |
| 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 |
| Phoenix Arizona | Arizona | 6.79 | 7.00 | -64.26 |
| Tucson Arizona | Arizona | 2.25 | 6.50 | -52.29 |
| Chandler Arizona | Arizona | 3.51 | 7.15 | -52.62 |
| Tempe Arizona | Arizona | 4.84 | 6.59 | -59.28 |
| Scottsdale Arizona | Arizona | 4.92 | 7.14 | -61.05 |
| Little Rock Arkansas | Arkansas | 2.57 | 8.66 | -34.03 |
| Sacramento California | California | 4.34 | 7.07 | -54.89 |
| Oxnard California | California | 2.86 | 10.28 | -49.47 |
| San Diego California | California | 4.08 | 9.07 | -54.16 |
| Fremont California | California | 5.26 | 8.70 | -63.43 |
| Santa Rosa California | California | 1.53 | 11.09 | -28.41 |
| Rancho Cucamonga California | California | 12.78 | 5.37 | -65.25 |
| Elk Grove California | California | 4.15 | 7.53 | -54.8 |
| Oceanside California | California | 3.33 | 10.99 | -53.91 |
| Modesto California | California | 3.98 | 8.23 | -58.1 |
| San Bernardino California | California | 9.49 | 5.54 | -58.45 |
| Bakersfield California | California | 4.25 | 7.80 | -62.53 |
| Los Angeles California | California | 13.32 | 6.01 | -62.44 |
| Huntington Beach California | California | 8.78 | 8.42 | -52.19 |
| Santa Clarita California | California | 4.95 | 6.54 | -64.02 |
| Riverside California | California | 11.42 | 5.95 | -64.84 |
| Oakland California | California | 5.32 | 8.15 | -54.3 |
| Long Beach California | California | 15.81 | 6.71 | -58.01 |
| Santa Ana California | California | 11.84 | 6.71 | -61 |
| Stockton California | California | 4.28 | 7.50 | -61.29 |
| Chula Vista California | California | 4.88 | 7.97 | -50.27 |
| Ontario California | California | 15.09 | 5.38 | -66.51 |
| San Jose California | California | 4.19 | 9.42 | -61.65 |
| Garden Grove California | California | 12.41 | 6.94 | -58.59 |
| Anaheim California | California | 13.45 | 5.93 | -63.61 |
| Irvine California | California | 8.30 | 7.42 | -61.53 |
| Fontana California | California | 12.37 | 5.43 | -63.87 |
| Moreno Valley California | California | 9.75 | 6.12 | -64.18 |
| San Francisco California | California | 4.33 | 10.15 | -46.94 |
| Fresno California | California | 3.09 | 10.39 | -58.82 |
| Glendale California | California | 15.15 | 5.40 | -65.69 |
| Colorado Springs Colorado | Colorado | 2.32 | 8.00 | -37.77 |
| Denver Colorado | Colorado | 5.42 | 7.41 | -43.2 |
| Aurora Colorado | Colorado | 5.42 | 7.41 | -43.2 |
| Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 8.65 | 6.80 | -50.72 |
| Hialeah Florida | Florida | 3.02 | 6.95 | -40.4 |
| Miami Florida | Florida | 3.02 | 8.08 | -36.7 |
| Tampa Florida | Florida | 3.50 | 7.31 | -53.1 |
| Jacksonville Florida | Florida | 3.54 | 7.50 | -42.88 |
| Tallahassee Florida | Florida | 1.63 | 8.77 | -22.62 |
| Fort Lauderdale Florida | Florida | 2.88 | 7.16 | -46.7 |
| Orlando Florida | Florida | 3.57 | 5.91 | -37.17 |
| Cape Coral Florida | Florida | 1.54 | 8.08 | -31.69 |
| St. Petersburg Florida | Florida | 2.86 | 8.24 | -48.35 |
| Pembroke Pines Florida | Florida | 2.86 | 6.43 | -45.42 |
| Port St. Lucie Florida | Florida | 1.82 | 7.62 | -21.41 |
| Augusta Georgia | Georgia | 2.93 | 8.16 | -39.49 |
| Atlanta Georgia | Georgia | 6.45 | 7.20 | -57.71 |
| Columbus Georgia | Georgia | 2.30 | 8.80 | -32.59 |
| 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 |
| Overland Park Kansas | Kansas | 3.52 | 8.18 | -47.23 |
| Wichita Kansas | Kansas | 1.93 | 8.99 | -20.37 |
| Lexington Kentucky | Kentucky | 3.79 | 9.44 | -37.44 |
| Louisville Kentucky | Kentucky | 5.53 | 9.28 | -44.91 |
| New Orleans Louisiana | Louisiana | 2.97 | 8.19 | -26.54 |
| Shreveport Louisiana | Louisiana | 2.52 | 8.36 | -34.35 |
| Baton Rouge Louisiana | Louisiana | 3.63 | 7.94 | -36.1 |
| 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 |
| Minneapolis Minnesota | Minnesota | 5.25 | 10.74 | -39.41 |
| Saint Paul Minnesota | Minnesota | 5.30 | 10.60 | -38.2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Yonkers New York | New York | 11.33 | 9.04 | -50.33 |
| Rochester New York | New York | 3.51 | 11.21 | -33.99 |
| New York New York | New York | 15.95 | 7.24 | -46.9 |
| Buffalo New York | New York | 4.17 | 10.17 | -38.17 |
| Fayetteville North Carolina | North Carolina | 3.28 | 8.04 | -40.07 |
| Raleigh North Carolina | North Carolina | 3.95 | 7.52 | -44.46 |
| Winston Salem North Carolina | North Carolina | 4.10 | 7.81 | -44.27 |
| Charlotte North Carolina | North Carolina | 4.92 | 6.78 | -48.56 |
| Greensboro North Carolina | North Carolina | 4.50 | 7.76 | -46.85 |
| Durham North Carolina | North Carolina | 3.83 | 7.38 | -44.29 |
| 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 |
| Toledo Ohio | Ohio | 6.05 | 8.44 | -40.27 |
| Columbus Ohio | Ohio | 4.90 | 11.72 | -31.84 |
| Oklahoma City Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2.82 | 7.62 | -35.63 |
| Tulsa Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2.94 | 7.44 | -37.62 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nashville Tennessee | Tennessee | 4.49 | 9.45 | -45.51 |
| Plano Texas | Texas | 4.28 | 7.55 | -36.59 |
| Brownsville Texas | Texas | 1.18 | 8.78 | -4.67 |
| 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 |
| San Antonio Texas | Texas | 3.14 | 6.94 | -30.71 |
| Austin Texas | Texas | 2.90 | 7.88 | -27.32 |
| 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 |
| Garland Texas | Texas | 4.23 | 7.25 | -35.18 |
| McKinney Texas | Texas | 3.15 | 9.06 | -34.86 |
| Irving Texas | Texas | 5.15 | 6.62 | -42.28 |
| Fort Worth Texas | Texas | 4.03 | 6.46 | -40.28 |
| Grand Prairie Texas | Texas | 4.50 | 6.21 | -40.65 |
| Lubbock Texas | Texas | 1.50 | 8.83 | -17.96 |
| Amarillo Texas | Texas | 1.62 | 8.68 | -24.85 |
| Salt Lake City Utah | Utah | 6.11 | 18.38 | -57.39 |
| Chesapeake Virginia | Virginia | 3.57 | 8.20 | -43.71 |
| Richmond Virginia | Virginia | 4.87 | 7.87 | -46.56 |
| Norfolk Virginia | Virginia | 4.10 | 8.01 | -50.25 |
| Virginia Beach Virginia | Virginia | 3.80 | 9.31 | -46.36 |
| Newport News Virginia | Virginia | 3.86 | 8.43 | -46.41 |
| Vancouver Washington | Washington | 3.74 | 8.93 | -52.73 |
| 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 |
| Madison Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 2.69 | 10.42 | -19.25 |
| Milwaukee Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 6.48 | 10.05 | -46.31 |