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How do I interpret the AQI numbers #229

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yshui opened this issue Oct 1, 2024 · 1 comment
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How do I interpret the AQI numbers #229

yshui opened this issue Oct 1, 2024 · 1 comment

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@yshui
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yshui commented Oct 1, 2024

In the US AQI has an established meaning as well as how the numbers should be interpreted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_quality_index#Computing_the_AQI

This is clearly not what Enviro outputs. So what index does enviro use for its AQI? Is a 13 AQI good or bad?

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From what I've seen on the forums, the AQI is given as a percentage. So I just take the values and multiply by 5 to get the 0-500 AQI numbers. Well, actually, I took the AQI categories and divided them by 5 to get the percentage.

Mine hovers around 12.8-13, which is the low end of moderate. I don't know how reliable the AQI sensor readings on the Enviro are anyway. There is some discussion in the forums that the way the Enviro reads the data is somewhat dubious.

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