{"_meta":{"country":"Australia","standard":{"name":"NEPM 24-hour PM2.5","value_ugm3":25.0},"metric":"Days on which the 24-hour average PM2.5 exceeded the NEPM national standard of 25 ug/m3.","period":"2019-01-01 to 2026-07-25","source":"NSW Air Quality Monitoring Network, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water","source_url":"https://data.airquality.nsw.gov.au/","critical_caveat":"THESE ARE NOT SMOKE DAYS. A PM2.5 monitor measures total particulate mass and cannot distinguish bushfire smoke from a dust storm, a wood heater, a hazard-reduction burn, traffic or sea salt. Inland NSW had severe dust storms during the same weeks as the 2019-20 fires. This is a count of days over the national 24-hour PM2.5 standard, and must be described that way unless an explicit attribution rule is applied and disclosed.","years":["2019","2020","2021","2022","2023","2024","2025","2026"],"fields":["slug","name","region","exceedance_days","days_valid","max_24h_ugm3","by_year"]},"stats":{"stations":48,"exceedance_days_total":1652,"worst_station":["Armidale",123],"highest_24h_ugm3":559.5},"rows":[["nsw-armidale","Armidale","Northern Tablelands",123,2661,267.3,[60,27,4,11,8,6,7,0]],["nsw-port-macquarie","Port Macquarie","Mid-North Coast",70,2349,442.7,[61,3,0,0,1,1,4,0]],["nsw-orange","Orange","Central Tablelands",60,2542,387.4,[31,15,3,5,0,5,1,0]],["nsw-richmond","Richmond","Sydney North-west",55,2529,141.2,[32,9,4,0,3,2,2,3]],["nsw-liverpool","Liverpool","Sydney South-west",50,2613,156.0,[32,7,6,0,4,0,0,1]],["nsw-campbelltown-west","Campbelltown West","Sydney South-west",49,2613,106.0,[27,12,5,0,4,0,0,1]],["nsw-bringelly","Bringelly","Sydney South-west",46,2626,178.0,[27,12,3,0,3,0,0,1]],["nsw-gunnedah","Gunnedah","North-west Slopes",45,2498,94.1,[24,6,0,4,5,1,5,0]],["nsw-goulburn","Goulburn","Southern Tablelands",45,2322,516.1,[28,16,1,0,0,0,0,0]],["nsw-oakdale","Oakdale","Sydney South-west",44,2616,250.2,[28,11,1,0,2,0,1,1]],["nsw-camden","Camden","Sydney South-west",44,2569,155.3,[28,11,3,0,2,0,0,0]],["nsw-rouse-hill","Rouse Hill","Sydney North-west",44,2482,183.5,[24,10,4,0,5,0,0,1]],["nsw-albury","Albury","South-west Slopes",43,2578,275.2,[19,16,0,0,0,3,2,3]],["nsw-bradfield-highway","Bradfield Highway","Roadside Monitoring",42,2614,145.8,[25,6,4,0,5,0,2,0]],["nsw-prospect","Prospect","Sydney North-west",42,2537,134.1,[25,13,2,0,2,0,0,0]],["nsw-wagga-wagga-north","Wagga Wagga North","South-west Slopes",40,2585,559.5,[18,13,1,1,0,0,6,1]],["nsw-earlwood","Earlwood","Sydney East",39,2642,92.2,[22,9,3,0,4,0,1,0]],["nsw-bathurst","Bathurst","Central Tablelands",39,2642,207.3,[24,13,0,0,1,0,1,0]],["nsw-muswellbrook","Muswellbrook","Upper Hunter",39,2662,77.4,[27,9,0,0,1,0,0,2]],["nsw-macquarie-park","Macquarie Park","Sydney East",38,2661,213.1,[18,8,5,0,3,3,1,0]],["nsw-stockton","Stockton","Newcastle Local",37,2632,98.6,[27,4,0,0,0,0,3,3]],["nsw-tamworth","Tamworth","North-west Slopes",37,2582,164.2,[33,4,0,0,0,0,0,0]],["nsw-rozelle","Rozelle","Sydney East",36,2631,101.8,[21,8,3,0,3,0,1,0]],["nsw-newcastle","Newcastle","Lower Hunter",36,2576,95.5,[26,5,0,0,0,0,3,2]],["nsw-parramatta-north","Parramatta North","Sydney North-west",36,2614,130.1,[21,10,3,0,0,1,0,1]],["nsw-beresfield","Beresfield","Lower Hunter",35,2640,100.5,[23,8,0,0,0,1,1,2]],["nsw-st-marys","St Marys","Sydney North-west",35,2595,88.3,[21,9,1,0,2,0,1,1]],["nsw-camberwell","Camberwell","Upper Hunter",33,2625,80.0,[24,7,0,0,0,0,0,2]],["nsw-carrington","Carrington","Newcastle Local",32,2623,92.1,[23,4,0,0,0,0,3,2]],["nsw-cook-and-phillip","Cook And Phillip","Sydney East",32,2250,112.5,[19,7,1,0,4,0,1,0]],["nsw-randwick","Randwick","Sydney East",31,2592,114.8,[18,8,1,0,3,0,1,0]],["nsw-wallsend","Wallsend","Lower Hunter",30,2638,108.3,[19,5,0,0,0,0,4,2]],["nsw-mayfield","Mayfield","Newcastle Local",30,2627,103.2,[22,5,0,0,0,0,2,1]],["nsw-singleton","Singleton","Upper Hunter",29,2504,69.3,[22,6,0,0,0,0,0,1]],["nsw-wyong","Wyong","Central Coast",28,2605,202.1,[23,3,0,0,0,0,1,1]],["nsw-wollongong","Wollongong","Illawarra",27,2552,100.9,[14,10,0,0,2,0,1,0]],["nsw-narrabri","Narrabri","North-west Slopes",25,2553,87.7,[20,1,0,0,4,0,0,0]],["nsw-kembla-grange","Kembla Grange","Illawarra",24,2632,100.4,[12,11,0,0,0,0,1,0]],["nsw-albion-park-south","Albion Park South","Illawarra",22,2629,96.3,[12,10,0,0,0,0,0,0]],["nsw-coffs-harbour","Coffs Harbour","Mid-North Coast",19,2258,114.1,[14,1,0,0,0,0,1,3]],["nsw-penrith","Penrith","Sydney North-west",10,2125,72.5,[0,0,4,0,1,0,3,2]],["nsw-lidcombe","Lidcombe","Sydney East",7,2149,44.5,[0,0,3,0,4,0,0,0]],["nsw-alexandria","Alexandria","Sydney East",6,1372,82.4,[0,0,0,0,5,0,1,0]],["nsw-cammeray","Cammeray","Research Monitoring",6,1408,48.1,[0,0,0,0,4,0,2,0]],["nsw-millthorpe","Millthorpe","Cadia Monitoring",4,1000,38.4,[0,0,0,0,0,2,2,0]],["nsw-ultimo-uts","Ultimo-Uts","Sydney East",4,307,33.3,[0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2]],["nsw-morisset","Morisset","Lake Macquarie",3,1941,51.0,[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2]],["nsw-merriwa","Merriwa","Upper Hunter",1,2016,27.1,[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]]]}