Webisode 57DHYAFZZFLWETA Wisconsin Dane County Area May 1 2026 For April 2026 monthly Average PM2 point 5 from PurpleAir monitors downloaded 9 micrograms per cubic meter is above EPA N A A Q S annual safe limits
35 micrograms per cubic meter is above EPA PM2 point 5 N A A Q S safe limits in a 24 hour period EPA N A A Q S is United States Environmental Protection Agency National Ambient Air Quality Standards
World Health Organization W H O annual safe limit is 5 micrograms per cubic meter The formula PurpleAir P A times 1 point 8304 is what the Wisconsin Department of Environmental Protection uses to smooth out PurpleAir data on maps
Wood burning emits 90% PM2 point 5 particulate matter of 2 point 5 micrometer size the perfect size to infiltrate the human lung setting off a cascade of human health problems and early deaths
Residents Against Wood Smoke Emission Particulates would like to hand out a PurpleAir PM2 point 5 monitor to any near neighbor of an inside residential wood burner whose wood smoke infiltrates their yards and sickens them
| Monitor name | 43.048414707517445 B | 9 N. Third A | 950 Clarence Ct B | APT Touchstone A | APT-HILL A | Castle Oaks, Waunakee B | Cross St & Briar Hill A | Daniel A | Elmside Circle Park A | Emil st engineering 1st floor offices B |
| Month of April 2026 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 33 | 35 | 25 | 29 | 3479 |
| PA times .514 plus 1.8304 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 1790 |
| Monitor Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Municipality | Westport Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Spring Green Wisconsin | Spring Green Wisconsin | Waunakee Wisconsin | Briar Hill Wisconsin | Black Earth Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin |
| Monitor name | Faircrest A | Gary & Elinor B | GoPackOutside A | Griffin A | Hickory Hills A | Lacy Heights B | Irvington Hope A | LAWD3 B | LAWD5 B |
| Month of April 2026 | 2636 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 41 | 12 | 30 | 573 |
| PA times .514 plus 1.8304 | 1357 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 296 |
| Monitor Number | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Municipality | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Maple Bluff Wisconsin | Deforest Wisconsin | Mount Horeb Wisconsin | Fitchburg Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin |
| Monitor name | Love My Air Wisconsin: Madison Children’s Museum (MCM) B | McClellan Park, Madison WI A | Miami, Wisconsin A | Nordic Ridge, Stoughton, WI B | Orton Park B | Portage B | Rutledge B | SASY1A A | Sasy7a A | Sensing sam A |
| Month of April 2026 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 15 | 13 |
| PA times .514 plus 1.8304 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 9 |
| Monitor Number | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Municipality | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Stoughton Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Portage Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin | Madison Wisconsin |
| Monitor name | Shorewood Hills A | Stoughton, WI A | Tuggle Lane A | Tumbledown A | Turner A | Verona 4.4 NNW A | Waltz Park B | Wholly Rooted Farm A |
| Month of April 2026 | 25 | 1332 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 38 |
| PA times .514 plus 1.8304 | 15 | 686 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 21 |
| Monitor Number | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
| Municipality | Shorewood Wisconsin | Stoughton Wisconsin | Berry Wisconsin | Middleton Wisconsin | Black Earth Wisconsin | Verona Wisconsin | Mount Horeb Wisconsin | Deerfield Wisconsin |