Pull current air quality (AQI) for a zip code or reporting area via the AirNow API to inform a same-day wood-burning decision
domain: docs.airnowapi.org · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Register for a free AirNow API account via the login/signup flow at docs.airnowapi.org.
Use the 'Current Observations' web service (by Reporting Area, or by Zip Code/Lat-Long) to pull current AQI values and categories.
Parse the returned AQI category (Good/Moderate/USG/Unhealthy/etc.) to assess whether burning is advisable.
For repeated queries, prefer reporting-area-code based calls over the older zip/lat-long-specific variants slated for retirement.
Known gotchas
AirNow's docs explicitly list several legacy web services — including Forecasts and Current/Historical Observations by plain Zip Code or Lat/Long — as scheduled for retirement in fall 2026 in favor of consolidated 'by Reporting Area, Lat/Long, or Zip Code' endpoints; don't build new integrations against the endpoints flagged for retirement.
AirNow data is explicitly preliminary/unvalidated per EPA (not for regulatory use) — for regulatory-grade PM2.5 data use the EPA AQS API instead.
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