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Houston Texas

Change in NO2:
-40.6
Year:
2016
Average NO2:
5.80
Uncertainty (±%):
7.39
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Houston Texas Trend Map

OMI versus AQS data for Houston Texas. The filled circles represent trends for EPA AQS surface monitors.

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Houston Texas Line Plot

Monthly OMI Nitrogen Dioxide data (top panel) and de-seasonalized data (bottom panel) for Houston Texas

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Image Credit:

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

Houston Comparative Imagery

Satellite data show that Houston has seen a 24 percent decrease in nitrogen dioxide between the 2005-2007 and 2009-2011 periods. In Houston, industry largely influences nitrogen dioxide pollution, centered in this image northeast of Beltway 8. Still, air quality in this region is also on the mend. In addition to satellites, NASA also used scientific instruments on aircraft in 2013 to learn about Houston's air quality as part of the DISCOVER-AQ mission.

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Image Credit:

Astronaut photograph Acquired February 28, 2010.

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
Gilbert Arizona Arizona 3.95 6.64 -54.07
Tempe Arizona Arizona 4.84 6.59 -59.28
Mesa Arizona Arizona 4.45 6.59 -56.11
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
Tucson Arizona Arizona 2.25 6.50 -52.29
Glendale Arizona Arizona 6.76 7.25 -62.86
Little Rock Arkansas Arkansas 2.57 8.66 -34.03
Oxnard California California 2.86 10.28 -49.47
San Francisco California California 4.33 10.15 -46.94
Rancho Cucamonga California California 12.78 5.37 -65.25
Oceanside California California 3.33 10.99 -53.91
Sacramento California California 4.34 7.07 -54.89
Modesto California California 3.98 8.23 -58.1
Chula Vista California California 4.88 7.97 -50.27
Huntington Beach California California 8.78 8.42 -52.19
San Diego California California 4.08 9.07 -54.16
Los Angeles California California 13.32 6.01 -62.44
Santa Rosa California California 1.53 11.09 -28.41
Oakland California California 5.32 8.15 -54.3
Garden Grove California California 12.41 6.94 -58.59
Anaheim California California 13.45 5.93 -63.61
San Bernardino California California 9.49 5.54 -58.45
Fontana California California 12.37 5.43 -63.87
Long Beach California California 15.81 6.71 -58.01
Santa Clarita California California 4.95 6.54 -64.02
Fresno California California 3.09 10.39 -58.82
Riverside California California 11.42 5.95 -64.84
Ontario California California 15.09 5.38 -66.51
Glendale California California 15.15 5.40 -65.69
Irvine California California 8.30 7.42 -61.53
Santa Ana California California 11.84 6.71 -61
Fremont California California 5.26 8.70 -63.43
Moreno Valley California California 9.75 6.12 -64.18
Elk Grove California California 4.15 7.53 -54.8
Stockton California California 4.28 7.50 -61.29
San Jose California California 4.19 9.42 -61.65
Bakersfield California California 4.25 7.80 -62.53
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
Miami Florida Florida 3.02 8.08 -36.7
St. Petersburg Florida Florida 2.86 8.24 -48.35
Fort Lauderdale Florida Florida 2.88 7.16 -46.7
Jacksonville Florida Florida 3.54 7.50 -42.88
Tampa Florida Florida 3.50 7.31 -53.1
Cape Coral Florida Florida 1.54 8.08 -31.69
Orlando Florida Florida 3.57 5.91 -37.17
Tallahassee Florida Florida 1.63 8.77 -22.62
Hialeah Florida Florida 3.02 6.95 -40.4
Pembroke Pines Florida Florida 2.86 6.43 -45.42
Port St. Lucie Florida Florida 1.82 7.62 -21.41
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
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
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
Baton Rouge Louisiana Louisiana 3.63 7.94 -36.1
Shreveport Louisiana Louisiana 2.52 8.36 -34.35
Baltimore Maryland Maryland 8.57 6.74 -49.14
Boston Massachusetts Massachusetts 6.29 9.54 -43.19
Worcester Massachusetts Massachusetts 4.07 12.04 -29.67
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
Reno Nevada Nevada 1.97 9.50 -51.96
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
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
New York New York New York 15.95 7.24 -46.9
Rochester New York New York 3.51 11.21 -33.99
Buffalo New York New York 4.17 10.17 -38.17
Greensboro North Carolina North Carolina 4.50 7.76 -46.85
Charlotte North Carolina North Carolina 4.92 6.78 -48.56
Durham North Carolina North Carolina 3.83 7.38 -44.29
Raleigh North Carolina North Carolina 3.95 7.52 -44.46
Winston Salem North Carolina North Carolina 4.10 7.81 -44.27
Fayetteville North Carolina North Carolina 3.28 8.04 -40.07
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
Toledo Ohio Ohio 6.05 8.44 -40.27
Cleveland Ohio Ohio 6.70 9.59 -42.81
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
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
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
Plano Texas Texas 4.28 7.55 -36.59
Austin Texas Texas 2.90 7.88 -27.32
Corpus Christi Texas Texas 1.42 11.13 -8.54
Garland Texas Texas 4.23 7.25 -35.18
Fort Worth Texas Texas 4.03 6.46 -40.28
Laredo Texas Texas 1.67 8.40 -20.92
Grand Prairie Texas Texas 4.50 6.21 -40.65
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
Amarillo Texas Texas 1.62 8.68 -24.85
San Antonio Texas Texas 3.14 6.94 -30.71
Brownsville Texas Texas 1.18 8.78 -4.67
Lubbock Texas Texas 1.50 8.83 -17.96
Salt Lake City Utah Utah 6.11 18.38 -57.39
Virginia Beach Virginia Virginia 3.80 9.31 -46.36
Chesapeake Virginia Virginia 3.57 8.20 -43.71
Norfolk Virginia Virginia 4.10 8.01 -50.25
Richmond Virginia Virginia 4.87 7.87 -46.56
Newport News Virginia Virginia 3.86 8.43 -46.41
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
Tacoma Washington Washington 5.47 9.85 -44.85
Madison Wisconsin Wisconsin 2.69 10.42 -19.25
Milwaukee Wisconsin Wisconsin 6.48 10.05 -46.31