Is There Any Information On Air Quality For the Temecula Region?
There is a forecast, but currently there are no actual reports. Several years ago, the South Coast Air Quality Management District had equipment in Temecula to measure smog (the readings appeared online here). This equipment was pulled out in 1996 or 1997. I remember seeing the readings in one of the newspapers at the time. A daily smog forecast is produced for the Temecula Valley and many other Southern California locations. This forecast is used by TemeculaWeather.com daily and is reported on the main page. The upshot is that the Temecula Valley rarely suffers from air quality problems except on the most extreme of days, and has some of the cleanest air in inland southern California. Sometimes there is particulate pollution (PM10), though, especially in late summer and early fall; that looks brown from a distance. Despite the growth in the Temecula Valley over the years, most air pollution is blown in rather than generated locally. On most summer days, the smog corridor is clearly vi
