Richards-Gebaur South Air Monitoring Site

The Richards-Gebaur South air monitor sits on land that once housed the Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, named after two Kansas City area veterans. The air monitoring station is located upwind of the Kansas City metropolitan statistical area, so it helps determine ozone and PM_2.5 concentrations in the region — usually before gusts of wind enter the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Pollutants

Ozone Pollutant

The primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone is 0.070 parts per million averaged over eight hours (annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour concentration, averaged over three years). The federal ozone season for monitoring runs from March 1 to Oct. 31.

Departmental information about ozone (O₃)

Description
Health effects
Tips to reduce ozone
2008 and 2015 standards plus related documents

Air Quality Analysis Ozone - Weekly Monitor Data

Eight-hour ozone design values
Four highest eight-hour ozone values from beginning of ozone season
Running list of sites with exceedances from beginning of season
Monthly number of exceedances, 2022 and 2023
Daily maximum average eight-hour concentration for each site from beginning of season
Map of Missouri's ozone monitoring sites

Preliminary one-hour ozone averages from all sites in parts per million

Preliminary eight-hour ozone averages from all sites in parts per million

Air Pollutant Design Values - Quarterly Report

Additional information about ground-level ozone and state planning efforts

Table of Symbols - Flags Air Monitoring Data

Technical issues can affect ability to deliver quality data. Access a table of symbols with explanation of the problems they represent.

Ozone preliminary one-hour averages from Richards-Gebaur South