Maryland 8-Hour Ozone Concentrations Exceeding 2015 Health-Based Standard in ppb, Finalized Data. In 2015 EPA set the ozone standard to 70 ppb. High levels of ozone can cause health effects including increased asthma attacks and other respiratory effects. You can get more information about the health effects at http://www.epa.gov/air/ozonepollution/. This data set details which monitoring locations in Maryland exceeded the standard between 2016 and 2021 and the maximum concentrations on the dates the standard was exceeded. More information on Maryland's air quality monitoring is available at http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Air/AirQualityMonitoring/Pages/index.aspx.
This dataset has the following 25 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Count | annual_count | number | 1 3 2 7 11 view top 100 | |
| Date | date | calendar_date | 2016-08-29T00:00:00.000 2017-06-15T00:00:00.000 2017-08-01T00:00:00.000 2016-06-20T00:00:00.000 2018-05-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 | |
| Year | year | calendar_date | 2016-08-29T00:00:00.000 2017-06-15T00:00:00.000 2017-08-01T00:00:00.000 2016-06-20T00:00:00.000 2018-05-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 | |
| Aldino | aldino | number | 71 77 72 74 76 view top 100 | |
| Beltsville (CASTNET) | beltsville_castnet | number | "CASTNET" are EPA-sponsored monitors | 76 72 71 73 74 view top 100 |
| Blackwater NWR (CASTNET) | blackwater_nwr_castnet | number | "CASTNET" are EPA-sponsored monitors | 74 71 84 76 view top 100 |
| Calvert | calvert | number | 73 74 72 75 84 view top 100 | |
| Edgewood | edgewood | number | 73 79 76 72 77 view top 100 | |
| Essex | essex | number | 73 71 72 78 75 view top 100 | |
| Fair Hill | fair_hill | number | 72 71 75 74 76 view top 100 | |
| Frederick Airport | frederick_airport | number | 78 74 73 71 72 view top 100 | |
| Furley | furley | number | 72 76 74 77 71 view top 100 | |
| Glen Burnie | glen_burnie | number | 77 74 73 71 76 view top 100 | |
| Hagerstown | hagerstown | number | 74 76 71 72 75 view top 100 | |
| Hart-Miller Island* | hart_miller_island | number | *Hart-Miller Island was a special purpose monitor in operation between 2016 and 2017 | 72 71 73 91 75 view top 100 |
| Horn Point | horn_point | number | 71 73 72 77 86 view top 100 | |
| HU-Beltsville | hu_beltsville | number | 71 74 73 78 76 view top 100 | |
| Millington | millington | number | 73 76 71 84 75 view top 100 | |
| Padonia | padonia | number | 72 73 74 78 84 view top 100 | |
| PG Equestrian Center | pg_equestrian_center | number | 73 72 74 80 78 view top 100 | |
| Piney Run | piney_run | number | view top 100 | |
| Rockville | rockville | number | 74 71 72 76 view top 100 | |
| South Carroll | south_carroll | number | 75 74 73 71 77 view top 100 | |
| Southern Maryland | southern_maryland | number | 80 73 74 72 71 view top 100 | |
| State-wide Max | state_wide_max | number | 73 77 71 74 72 view top 100 |