ENGLAND OPERATIONAL OBSERVATORY

England Air-Quality Evidence Observatory

Current official monitoring evidence, transparent analysis and public-interest environmental review for This Air Quality Project's England operational phase.

Evidence-assurance checks Source, calculation, integrity and provenance checks Latest reviewed evidence package: 2026-07-30T10:40:12+00:00. Scientific conclusions remain bounded by the published release status.
Source collection completed Scientific release assessment unavailable How assurance works →
Primary evidence product · England 30-day official monitoring review

What England's monitoring data showed

This Air Quality Project analysed 9,570 valid station-days from 142 reporting stations, covering 9 of 9 English regions between 2026-06-30 and 2026-07-29.

National coverage criteria met
171active English AURN sites discovered
142 / 142configured target-pollutant stations reporting
96.8%configured-stream completeness
269WHO-context station-days for transparent follow-up

Descriptive pollutant findings

These are measured 30-day station and regional patterns. They are not source-attribution, exposure, health or legal-compliance findings.

PM2.510.98 µg/m³highest eligible 30-day station mean

Manchester Piccadilly · North West · 30 valid days

Highest eligible regional median: South West (6.93 µg/m³).

WHO-context station-days: 179

PM1021.67 µg/m³highest eligible 30-day station mean

London Harlington · London · 30 valid days

Highest eligible regional median: South West (15.27 µg/m³).

WHO-context station-days: 5

NO225.10 µg/m³highest eligible 30-day station mean

Luton A505 Roadside · East of England · 30 valid days

Highest eligible regional median: East Midlands (10.19 µg/m³).

WHO-context station-days: 85

Interpretation boundary: provisional official monitoring evidence; WHO guideline comparisons are contextual and are not UK legal exceedance counts.

USE, CHALLENGE AND SHARE THE EVIDENCE

Evidence pathways for science, public health, policy, journalism and communities

This Air Quality Project separates the successful England 30-day review from the current live episode screen and provides routes to data, methods, provenance, corrections and external review.

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9/9 regions · 142/142 stations · 9,570 station-days · 96.8% completeness.

Current live episode screen

CURRENT ASSESSMENT UNAVAILABLE

Monitoring data were delayed. This screen cannot determine whether a current episode occurred. It is not evidence that air was clean, safe or that no event occurred.

No current environmental episode assessment was possible because no selected monitoring site met the freshness threshold. The newest accepted reporting-site observation was 11.7 hours old at collection.

19identified monitoring sites
12sites with numeric data
0sites meeting freshness
13/24reporting / identified streams
6dimensions without quality-validated evidence

Evidence acquisition: PASSED. 11 configured joins remain pending or blocked. This live screen is separate from the 30-day England AURN review. Screening evidence only; no source attribution, legal or health finding.

9 / 9English regions represented
142 / 142reporting stations
9,570valid station-days
96.8%configured-stream completeness
269WHO-context station-days
Current data service

Live episode assessment paused — monitoring observations were delayed

The current feed did not meet the four-hour episode-screen freshness rule. The newest accepted reporting-site observation was 11.7 hours old at collection. This is a data-availability status, not evidence that air was clean or that no event occurred.

Fresh monitoring sitesNot assessed0 of 19 met the four-hour freshness rule
Pollutant time series24configured current monitoring streams
Screening flagsNot assessedfresh evidence unavailable
Evidence joinsNot applicableno evaluable current event
694quality-accepted observations
19identified physical monitoring sites
Imperial College London LAQN APIcurrent evidence source
Not assessedscientific release state

Open data availability and source status

Evidence acquired and classified

What the platform successfully collected this run

13 source streams reached connectivity or a stronger stage. Each source remains separately labelled by evidence role and validation maturity.

Official ground monitoring0Failed
Environment Agency register23,575Records Downloaded
Met Office observations576Records Downloaded
NASA FIRMS fire context767Records Downloaded
CAMS regional model2Records Downloaded
PurpleAir sensor context296Records Downloaded

Record counts belong to different evidence classes and are not added together as a single scientific total. Downloaded context is not automatically treated as validated environmental evidence.

Inspect every source, stage and limitation

Official monitoring network

171 active AURN sites discovered across England

The public review distinguishes active sites, configured pollutant streams, reporting stations and station-day completeness. Monitoring evidence is shown separately from the a supplementary context layer.

Explore station and regional results Open monitoring and context map

9/9regions represented
142reporting stations
PM₂.₅ · PM₁₀ · NO₂pollutants analysed
How this review now works

Official monitoring data leads. No standing facility review was activated.

The England-wide monitoring screen runs first. Because no fresh screening event fixed a time window and geographic footprint, no configured facility was queried or promoted into the active review.

No event · no facility query. Proximity and register matches remain context only and cannot establish contribution.

View current evidence Review the evidence path

0configured targets seen by pre-discovery core
0data-discovered event locations
0post-discovery context locations activated
Noautomated source attribution permitted

Current measurements

Inspect official PM2.5 and PM10 coverage, data-quality exclusions, screening observations and cross-source execution in one public dashboard.

Explore current status

Daily Air-Quality Evidence Status

Read a public summary organised around what changed, what was checked, what remains uncertain and what evidence is required next.

Read the weekly briefing

Method and provenance

Review acquisition, quality control, statistical screening, evidence linkage and hard claim boundaries in reproducible detail.

Review methods
Primary data firstOfficial measurements lead the analysis.
Uncertainty visibleMissing dimensions and blocked claims remain public.
Externally challengeableSources, methods and publication checks are traceable.
Promoted legacy evidence0 records in this release.
How to read this page

Scientific evidence and software assurance are different

Scientific evidence

Measurements, station and regional coverage, descriptive calculations, source records and stated limitations are the evidence available for review.

Engineering assurance

Automated checks confirm that the pipeline followed its declared rules. They do not constitute peer review, accreditation, regulatory approval or institutional endorsement.