North Carolina Unknown Air Quality Alert | Effective 07/16/2026 13:22
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC
has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level
Ozone, until 8 PM EDT this evening and again on Friday from 10 AM
until 8 PM.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone
concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards. For additional information, please visit the North
Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at
https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu