Ministry of natural resources and environmental protection of the Republic of Belarus Map Republic BELHYDROMET
19.04.2024

Information on exceedances of standards for ambient air quality (from April, 11-17, 2024)

The state institution "Republican Center for Hydrometeorology, Control of Radioactive Contamination and Environmental Monitoring" informs about the exceedances of the MPC standards for pollutants in the atmospheric air of the cities of the republic for the period from April 11 to 17, 2024.

In the air of Brest in the area of Severnaya street, 75 on April 11, 2024, the average daily concentration of solid particles, fractions up to 10 microns in size (hereinafter – PM10) was 1.11 MPC (calm was observed, wind of variable directions at a speed of 2-3 m/s, air temperature ranged from +10.0°C to +16.0°C, relative humidity – from 36% to 70%), on April 12, 2024 – 1.11 MPC (calm, south-westerly, westerly wind with a speed of 1-4 m/s, the air temperature ranged from +8.1°C up to +16.2°C, relative humidity – from 57% to 72%), on April 13, 2024 – 1.92 MPC (calm was observed, wind of variable directions with a speed of 1-5 m/s, air temperature ranged from +10.1°C to +18.9°C, relative humidity – from 50% to 86%), on April 14, 2024 – 1.62 MPC (wind was observed variable directions with a speed of 1-7 m/s, the air temperature ranged from +10.7°C to +20.8°C, relative humidity – from 40% to 77%).

In the air of Gomel in the area of Barykina street, 319 on April 11, 2024 the average daily concentration of PM10 was 1.56 MPC (calm was observed, westerly wind with an average speed of 3 m/s, gusts up to 11 m/s, air temperature ranged from +12.1°C to +17.8°C, relative humidity – from 42% to 73%), on April 12, 2024 – 1.80 MPC (wind of variable directions was observed with an average speed of 3 m/s, gusts up to 11 m/s, air temperature ranged from +6.0°C to +18.6°C, relative humidity – from 44% to 78%), on April 15, 2024 – 1.81 MPC (south-westerly, westerly wind with an average speed of 6 m/s, gusts up to 14 m/s, haze, air temperature ranged from +4.8°C to +13.7°C, relative humidity – from 39% to 92%), on April 16, 2024 – 1.54 MPC (wind of the southern quarter with an average speed of 3 m/s, gusts up to 8 m/s, rain, air temperature ranged from +5.8°C to +13.1°C, relative humidity – from 58 % up to 93%).

In the air of Zhlobin in the area of Prigorodnaya street,12 on April 11, 2024, the average daily concentration of solid particles, fractions up to 2.5 microns in size (hereinafter – PM2.5) was 2.22 MPC (north-westerly wind prevailed with an average speed of 2 m/s, gusts up to 9 m/s, air temperature varied in the range from +10.8°C to +18.0°C, relative humidity – from 34% to 85%), on April 12, 2024 – 1.85 MPC (westerly, northwesterly wind prevailed with an average speed of 3 m/s, gusts up to 11 m/s, air temperature ranged from +5.4°C to +18.3°C, relative humidity – from 51% to 73%), on April 15, 2024 - 1.41 MPC (wind of variable directions was observed with an average speed of 3 m/s, gusts up to 14 m/s, air temperature ranged from +4.3°C to +13.7°C, relative humidity – from 35% to 71%), on April 16, 2024 – 1.44 MPC (wind of variable directions with an average speed of 2 m/s was observed, gusts up to 9 m/s, air temperature ranged from +2.1°C to +12.2°C, relative humidity – from 62% to 95%).

In the air of Mogilev in the area of Krupskaya alley,5 on April 11, 2024, the average daily concentration of PM10 was 2.40 MPC (calm, westerly, northwesterly, northerly wind with a speed of 1-4 m/s was observed, air temperature ranged from +10.9°C to +16.6°C, relative humidity – from 34% to 73%), on April 12, 2024 – 1.41 MPC (the wind of the western quarter was observed at a speed of 1-4 m/s, the air temperature ranged from +7.0°C to +16.4°C, relative humidity – from 50 % up to 63%), on April 15, 2024 – 1.36 MPC (a westerly wind was observed at a speed of 2-7 m/s, the air temperature ranged from +4.8°C to +11.6°C, relative humidity – from 45% to 70%).

In the air of Minsk in the Uruchye microdistrict on April 15, 2024, the average daily concentration of PM2.5 slightly (by 1.01 times) exceeded the MPC (a westerly, southwesterly wind prevailed at a speed of 1-5 m/s, the air temperature varied in the range from +5.6°C to +11.4°C, relative humidity – from 39% to 66%).
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