The Air District maintains a rolling six day forecast available on our Today's Air Quality web page. You can a link to this page at the top of the right side navigation menu.
The forecast page includes a map of eight forecast regions displaying today's forecasted Air Quality Index (AQI). The page also includes a six day forecast for the eight regions. A discussion of the forecast follows the table. At the bottom of the page are links to more information.
Sign up to receive the daily air quality forecast via email by going to the EPA Enviroflash website and entering the zipcode for your nearest air monitoring station, as listed in the table below.
For your reference, all of the communities are linked to specific montioring stations that correspond to the forecast zone. To see the current air quality or the 6-day forecast for the monitoring station your community is associated with, click here. If you live in South County and would like to further determine where your home is within the forecast zones, we have developed a map to help you do this, click here.
The map below can be viewed full screen by clicking the brackets in the far right of the gray bar. The polygons are associated with the various monitoring stations and you can see descriptions of the included communities by clicking on each polygon. You can see the name of the monitoring stations by clicking the dark pink indicator dots.
Community/School | Air Monitor Associated with the Community | Zip Code of Associated Monitor (use this zipcode on AirNow) |
Arroyo Grande (Central) | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Arroyo Grande High School | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Atascadero | Atascadero | 93422 |
Avila Beach | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Baywood Park | Morro Bay | 93442 |
Blacklake Golf Course | Nipomo NRP | 93444 |
California Valley | Carrizo Plains | 93453 |
Cambria | Morro Bay | 93442 |
Carrizo Plains | Carrizo Plains | 93453 |
Cayucos | Morro Bay | 93442 |
Cholame | Red Hills | 93461 |
Creston | Atascadero | 93422 |
Cuyama Valley | Carrizo Plains | 93453 |
Cypress Ridge | Nipomo NRP | 93444 |
Dana Elementary | Nipomo NRP | 93444 |
Dorothea Lange Elementary | Nipomo Mesa 2 | 93444 |
Eastern SLO County Mountains | Red Hills | 93461 |
Edna | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Garden Farms | Atascadero | 93422 |
Grover Beach | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Harmony | Morro Bay | 93442 |
Heritage Ranch | Paso Robles | 93446 |
Huasna | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Jardine | Paso Robles | 93446 |
Los Osos | Morro Bay | 93442 |
Lopez High School | Nipomo Mesa 2 | 93444 |
Mesa Middle School | San Luis Obispo | 93444 |
Morro Bay | Morro Bay | 93442 |
Nipomo (Central) | Nipomo NRP | 93444 |
Nipomo Elementary | Nipomo NRP | 93444 |
Nipomo High School | San Luis Obispo | 93420 |
Nipomo Regional Park | Nipomo NRP | 93444 |
Nipomo Mesa (AG zip code - along Hwy 1 between Callendar Road & Calle Bendita) | Nipomo CDF | 93444 |
Oceano (Central) | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Oceano Elementary | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Oceano Dunes State Park/SVRA | Nipomo CDF | 93444 |
Oceano (see map for more detail) | Nipomo NRP | |
Oceano (Pier Ave & Strand Way) | Nipomo Mesa 2 | 93444 |
Paso Robles | Paso Robles | 93446 |
Pismo Beach | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Port San Luis | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Red Hills | Red Hills | 93461 |
San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
San Miguel | Paso Robles | 93446 |
San Simeon | Morro Bay | 93442 |
Santa Margarita | Atascadero | 93422 |
Shandon | Paso Robles | 93446 |
Shell Beach | San Luis Obispo | 93401 |
Southeast SLO County Valleys | Carrizo Plains | 93453 |
Templeton | Paso Robles | 93446 |
Trilogy/Woodlands | Nipomo Mesa 2 | 93444 |
Whitley Gardens | Paso Robles | 93446 |