Ministry of natural resources and environmental protection of the Republic of Belarus Map Republic BELHYDROMET
14.03.2024

Information on exceedances of standards for ambient air quality (from 7 to 13 of March, 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 March 7 to March 13, 2024.

In the air of Zhlobin in the area of Prigorodnaya street,12 on March 7, 2024, the average daily concentration of solid particles, fractions up to 2.5 microns in size (hereinafter – PM2.5) was 1.16 MPC (wind of variable directions with an average speed of 1 m/s was observed, gusts up to 7 m/s, air temperature varied in the range from -5.2°C to +4.9°C, relative humidity – from 44% to 87%), on March 11, 2024 – 1.08 MPC (south-easterly wind was observed with an average speed of 2 m/s, gusts up to 8 m/s, air temperature ranged from -5.5°C to +4.1°C, relative humidity – from 38% to 79%), on March 12, 2024 – 1.42 MPC (there was a south-easterly wind with an average speed of 2 m/c, gusts up to 7 m/s, air temperature ranged from -3.8°C to +5.3°C, relative humidity – from 39% to 72%), on March 13, 2024 – 1.30 MPC (a south-easterly wind with an average speed was observed 3 m/s, gusts up to 8 m/s, air temperature ranged from +0.6°C to +4.9°C, relative humidity – from 41% to 63%).

In the air of Gomel in the area of Barykina street, 319 on March 7, 2024 the average daily concentration of solid particles, fractions in size up to 10 microns (hereinafter – PM10) was 1.83 MPC (calm was observed, wind of variable directions with an average speed of 1 m/s, gusts up to 4 m/s, air temperature ranged from -4.6°C up to +3.1°C, relative humidity – from 34% to 81%), on March 8, 2024 – 1.05 MPC (calm was observed, south-west, northwest wind with an average speed of 2 m/s, gusts up to 9 m/s, air temperature ranged from -3.5°C to +6.9°C, relative humidity – from 41% to 85%), on March 10, 2024 – 1.02 MPC (calm was observed, north wind with an average speed of 3 m/s, gusts up to 8 m/s, air temperature ranged from -1.2°C to +2.0°C, relative humidity – from 42% to 85%), on March 11, 2024 – 1.92 MPC (north-easterly, easterly wind with an average speed of 3 m/s was observed, gusts up to 6 m/s, air temperature ranged from -6.4°C to +3.5°C, relative humidity – from 34% to 76%), on March 12, 2024 – 2.44 MPC (there was an easterly, southeasterly wind with an average speed of 3 m/s, gusts up to 7 m/s, air temperature ranged from -1.5°C up to +4.4°C, relative humidity – from 33% to 77%), on March 13, 2024 – 1.99 MPC (there was an easterly wind with an average speed of 3 m/s, gusts up to 7 m/s, air temperature ranged from +0.4°C to +5.3°C, relative humidity – from 39 % up to 61%).

In the air of Brest in the area of Severnaya street,75 on March 8, 2024, the average daily concentration of PM10 was 1.32 MPC (calm was observed, wind of variable directions with an average speed of 1 m/s, air temperature ranged from -4.6°C to +7.9°C, relative humidity – from 38% to 94%), on March 9, 2024 – 1.15 MPC (calm was observed, wind of variable directions with an average speed of 1 m/s, air temperature ranged from -3.6°C to +10.1°C, relative humidity – from 29 % up to 94%).

In the air of Mogilev in the area of Pervomaiskaya Street,10 on March 11, 2024, the average daily concentration of nitrogen dioxide exceeded the MPC standard by 1.1 times (calm, south-easterly, southerly wind with a speed of 2 m/s, haze, air temperature ranged from -6.9°C to +3.7°C, relative humidity – from 36% to 83%).

In the air of Minsk in the Uruchye microdistrict on March 10, 2024, the average daily concentration of PM2.5 was 1.14 MPC (a north-easterly wind with an average speed of 3 m/s was observed, the air temperature ranged from -3.1°C to +3.6°C, relative humidity – from 36% to 76%), March 13, 2024 – 1.04 MPC (south-easterly wind with an average speed of 2 m/s, gusts up to 8 m/s, snow, rain, air temperature ranged from -0.4°C to +3.5°C, relative humidity – from 74% up to 94%).

In the air of Novopolotsk in the area of the administrative building on Molodezhnaya street,49/1 on March 13, 2024, the average daily concentration of PM10 was 1.14 MPC (east-south-east, east, south wind with a speed of 1-3 m/s was observed, air temperature ranged from -0.3°C to +5.2°C, relative humidity – from 47% to 66 %).
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