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Air Quality Forecast

Monday, August 25, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 46 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 18 Good
Providence & Vicinity 45 Good Providence & Vicinity 28 Good
Southern & Coastal 47 Good Southern & Coastal 16 Good
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 45 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 20 Good
Providence & Vicinity 42 Good Providence & Vicinity 32 Good
Southern & Coastal 46 Good Southern & Coastal 20 Good
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 42 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 24 Good
Providence & Vicinity 41 Good Providence & Vicinity 36 Good
Southern & Coastal 43 Good Southern & Coastal 24 Good

Forecast Discussion

Monday, August 25, 2025 | Updated 9:40 AM

Air quality looks GOOD through Thursday, with very comfortable temps, lots of sunshine, and light breezes and high pressure in command. Not much in terms of wildfire impact as well. For Tuesday, mostly sunny skies, light west winds, and highs in the upper 70s. Sunny and dry into Wednesday, highs in the mid 70s, with light west winds. Winds shift to SW on Thursday, with continued mostly sunny skies. 

Air Quality Index (AQI)

Rating Index Cautionary Statements
Good 0-50 Air quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Moderate 51-100 Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups 101-150 Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.
Unhealthy 151-200 Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
Very Unhealthy 201-300 Health Alert: Everyone may experience more serious health effects.
Hazardous 301 and higher Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.

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Additional Resources

For further information, contact:

Darren Austin at (401) 537-4404
Joseph Poccia at (401) 537-4385