Ministry of natural resources and environmental protection of the Republic of Belarus Map Republic BELHYDROMET
21.01.2021

Information on exceedances of standards for ambient air quality (from 14 to 20 January 2021)

State institution «Republican center for hydrometeorology, control of radioactive contamination and environmental monitoring» informs about exceeding of the quality standards of pollutants in the atmospheric air of cities of Belarus for the period from 14 to 20 January 2021 was recorded.
In the air of Zhlobin near Prigorodnaya str. on January 14, the average daily concentration of solid particles fraction size up to 2.5 microns exceeded the quality standard by 1.2 times (variable wind, calm prevailed, air temperature varied in the range from -12.3°С to -6.2°С, relative humidity from 76% up to 92%); January 15 exceeded the quality standard by 1.1 times (there was a weak North-West wind, calm, the air temperature varied from -16.5°С to -11.6°С, relative humidity from 80% to 85%); January 16, 17 and 18 exceeded the quality standard by 1.6 times (January 16 there was a weak western, North-Western wind, calm, air temperature varied in the range from -22.2°С to -19.0°С, relative humidity from 75% to 80%; January 17 was a weak North-West wind prevailed, calm, air temperature varied in the range from -21.0°С to -16.5°С, relative humidity from 75% to 80%; January 18 was observed weak west wind, calm, air temperature varied in the range from -21.0°С to -16.9°С, relative humidity from 75% to 85%); January 19 exceeded the quality standard by 1.2 times (variable wind, calm, haze were observed, the air temperature varied from -22.4°С up to -14.2°С, relative humidity from 80% to 85%); January 20 exceeded the quality standard by 1.1 times (there was a Southern, southeasterly wind with a speed of 1-4 m/s, calm, the air temperature varied from -16.0°С to -11.1°С, relative humidity from 70% to 85%).
In the air of Gomel in the area of Barykina str. on January 18 at 9:20 am, a slight excess (by a factor of 1.1) of the maximum one-time MAC for nitrogen oxide was recorded (variable wind, calm, air temperature was -21.1°С, relative humidity was 87%).
In the air of Polotsk near Kulneva str. on January 15, an excess of the average daily MAC was recorded by 1.1 times nitrogen dioxide (a weak Northwest wind prevailed, the air temperature varied in the range from -19.7°C to -12.0°C, relative humidity from 70% to 82%); January 18 exceeded the quality standard by 1.4 times (there was a weak West, South-West wind, calm, air temperature varied in the range from -21.3°С to -10.4°С, relative humidity from 80% to 85%); January 19 exceeded the quality standard by 1.3 times (there was a weak west, south-west wind, calm, air temperature varied in the range from -11.0°С to -8.0°С, relative humidity from 78% to 87%).
In the air of Mogilev in the area of Pervomayskaya str. on January 15 at 19:00 the concentration of phenol was 1.5 MAC (a weak North-West wind was observed, the air temperature was 13.7°С, relative humidity 73%). On January 18 at 01:00, the quality standard was exceeded by 1.4 times for phenol in the area of Kashtanovaya str (Northeastern wind was observed at a speed of 2 m/s, the air temperature was -16.3°С, relative humidity was 72%).

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