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AirNow Real Time Air Quality REST API

Metadata Updated: February 10, 2026

A REST web service API allowing the retrieval of real time air quality index data from AirNow.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

Downloads & Resources

References

https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id=%7B200F2DBC-25F2-4F01-A1A9-B50DC1356220%7D
https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B200F2DBC-25F2-4F01-A1A9-B50DC1356220%7D

Dates

Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 10, 2026
Data Update Frequency R/P1D

Metadata Source

Harvested from EPA Non Geo Repository

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 10, 2026
Publisher U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) - Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS)
Maintainer
Identifier 200F2DBC-25F2-4F01-A1A9-B50DC1356220
Data First Published 2014-01-01
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2014-01-01
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency R/P1D
Bureau Code 020:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://edg.epa.gov/data/nongeo_data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Dictionary http://www.airnowtech.org/Resources/AIRNow-I_AQCSV-Final.pdf
Harvest Object Id 19063feb-ade8-42e6-abfa-00d28abacef7
Harvest Source Id 9c1c2b5b-7925-4ca2-a663-ca2131653db1
Harvest Source Title EPA Non Geo Repository
License https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.htm
Old Spatial -180.0,18.0,-66.0,72.0
Program Code 020:094
Related Documents https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id=%7B200F2DBC-25F2-4F01-A1A9-B50DC1356220%7D, https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B200F2DBC-25F2-4F01-A1A9-B50DC1356220%7D
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 7b39b9d0209f192897ee425388c519befeb4774bc832551b418e0fe6cf189187
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -180.0, 18.0, -180.0, 72.0, -66.0, 72.0, -66.0, 18.0, -180.0, 18.0}
Temporal 1999-01/2014-12

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