Tamworth PM2.5 monitor

Hourly government air-quality observations from NSW DCCEEW.

New South Wales · -31.1099, 150.9145 · observed 11 Oct, 8:00 PM AEDT · Government monitor

Official NSW DCCEEW station page

7.8Latest hourly PM2.5 · µg/m³Good · <12.5 µg/m³

6.012-hour NowCast · µg/m³Derived concentration, not an Australian AQI

5.3Rolling 24 hours · µg/m³40 stored readings in this page window

GoodModel peak · next 24 h4.1–9.7 µg/m³ · GEOS-CF, CAMS and SILAM

What this monitor reports

7.8 µg/m³ is Good on the one-hour PM2.5 air quality scale. Current hourly reading.

The monitor belongs to NSW DCCEEW. Readings may be preliminary and revised by the agency.

The category applies only to the latest one-hour reading. It follows the Australian enHealth framework used by agencies including NSW, Victoria and Queensland. The NowCast and rolling mean are separately labelled derived concentrations. How the categories are used.

Nearby fires

150 km radius

Within 150 km, agencies report 1 other fire location. There is also 1 planned or registered burn.

View 1 nearby fire location

RIFLE RANGE RD, INVERELL143 km away · Under control · Bush FireNSW Rural Fire Service

Agency report details

ALERT LEVEL: Not Applicable
LOCATION: RIFLE RANGE RD, INVERELL 2360
COUNCIL AREA: Inverell
STATUS: Under control
TYPE: Bush Fire
FIRE: Yes
SIZE: 1422 ha
RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Rural Fire Service
UPDATED: 11 Oct 2026 15:11

Official source

View 1 planned or registered burn nearby

SALISBURY RD, SALISBURY136 km away · Under control · Burn offNSW Rural Fire Service

Agency report details

ALERT LEVEL: Not Applicable
LOCATION: SALISBURY RD, SALISBURY 2420
COUNCIL AREA: Dungog
STATUS: Under control
TYPE: Burn off
FIRE: Yes
SIZE: 0 ha
RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Rural Fire Service
UPDATED: 11 Oct 2026 15:04

Official source

Agency fire reports updated 11 Oct, 9:25 PM AEDT

Straight-line distance from the Tamworth monitor to the reported incident location, or to the mapped fire boundary where an agency has published one. A fire without a published boundary may extend closer than its reported location suggests.

Recent observations and next 48 hours

monitor + up to three models

About this chart

Observed values come from this monitor. NASA GEOS-CF, CAMS and SILAM are independent total surface PM2.5 research forecasts sampled from their nearest grid cells; they are not blended with the observations.

Forecast

Next 6 hoursGood2.7–6.4 µg/m³ · 3 of 3 models

Next 12 hoursGood3.6–9.7 µg/m³ · 3 of 3 models

Next 24 hoursGood4.1–9.7 µg/m³ · 3 of 3 models

Next 48 hoursGood4.1–9.7 µg/m³ · 3 of 3 models

Model detail3 available · 48-hour peak table

Model	48-hour peak	Category	Peak around
NASA GEOS-CF	6.4 µg/m³	Good	11 Oct, 11:30 PM AEDT
CAMS	4.1 µg/m³	Good	12 Oct, 10:00 AM AEDT
FMI SILAM	9.7 µg/m³	Good	12 Oct, 8:00 AM AEDT

Recent hourly readings40 stored

Observed local	PM2.5 µg/m³	Air quality
11 Oct, 8:00 PM AEDT	7.8	Good
11 Oct, 7:00 PM AEDT	6.0	Good
11 Oct, 6:00 PM AEDT	0.5	Good
11 Oct, 5:00 PM AEDT	1.9	Good
11 Oct, 2:00 PM AEDT	4.8	Good
11 Oct, 1:00 PM AEDT	12.5	Fair
11 Oct, 12:00 PM AEDT	7.0	Good
11 Oct, 11:00 AM AEDT	6.0	Good
11 Oct, 10:00 AM AEDT	7.2	Good
11 Oct, 9:00 AM AEDT	4.2	Good
11 Oct, 8:00 AM AEDT	2.3	Good
11 Oct, 7:00 AM AEDT	3.1	Good
11 Oct, 6:00 AM AEDT	2.1	Good
11 Oct, 5:00 AM AEDT	4.9	Good
11 Oct, 4:00 AM AEDT	8.3	Good
11 Oct, 3:00 AM AEDT	9.2	Good
11 Oct, 2:00 AM AEDT	5.1	Good
11 Oct, 1:00 AM AEDT	3.2	Good
11 Oct, 12:00 AM AEDT	4.2	Good
10 Oct, 11:00 PM AEDT	6.2	Good
10 Oct, 10:00 PM AEDT	5.5	Good
10 Oct, 9:00 PM AEDT	4.5	Good
10 Oct, 8:00 PM AEDT	4.0	Good
10 Oct, 7:00 PM AEDT	10.6	Good
10 Oct, 6:00 PM AEDT	6.3	Good
10 Oct, 5:00 PM AEDT	6.4	Good
10 Oct, 4:00 PM AEDT	7.6	Good
10 Oct, 3:00 PM AEDT	13.3	Fair
10 Oct, 2:00 PM AEDT	10.2	Good
10 Oct, 1:00 PM AEDT	7.5	Good
10 Oct, 12:00 PM AEDT	1.6	Good
10 Oct, 11:00 AM AEDT	0.3	Good
10 Oct, 6:00 AM AEDT	9.5	Good
10 Oct, 5:00 AM AEDT	2.8	Good
10 Oct, 3:00 AM AEDT	6.6	Good
10 Oct, 2:00 AM AEDT	10.6	Good
10 Oct, 1:00 AM AEDT	15.0	Fair
10 Oct, 12:00 AM AEDT	13.8	Fair
09 Oct, 11:00 PM AEDT	19.4	Fair
09 Oct, 10:00 PM AEDT	11.5	Good

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