Information on exceedances of standards for ambient air quality (of May 17-24, 2023)

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 May 17 to May 24, 2023.

In the air of Mogilev in the area of house No. 10 on Pervomaiskaya Street on May 17, 2023, the average daily concentration of nitrogen dioxide was 1.1 MPC (there was a south-easterly, easterly, southerly wind with a speed of 1-3 m/s, rain, air temperature ranged from +11.6°C to +21.8°C, relative humidity – from 42% to 68%). In the lane. Krupskaya, in the area of house No. 5 on May 19, 2023, the average daily concentration of solid particles, fractions of the size up to 10 microns (hereinafter – PM10) was 1.22 MPC (observed northeast, easterly wind with a speed of 2-3 m/s, air temperature ranged from +11.6°C to +20.5°C, relative humidity – from 31% to 80%), on May 21, 2023 – 1.17 MPC (calm was observed, northeast, east, north-westerly wind with a speed of 1-2 m/s, air temperature ranged from +8.3°C to +20.2°C, relative humidity – from 30% to 84%), May 23, 2023 – 1.14 MPC (calm was observed, north, north-east, east wind with an average speed of 1 m/s, air temperature ranged from +9.4°C to +22.0°C, relative humidity – from 43% to 80%), on May 24, 2023 – 1.43 MPC (calm was observed, the wind of the northern quarter, south with a speed of 1-3 m/s, rain, air temperature ranged from +11.5°C to +24.6°C, relative humidity – from 34% to 87%).

In the air of Gomel in the area of Barykina str., 319 On May 18, 2023, the average daily concentration of PM10 was 3.88 MPC (there was a weak wind of variable directions, with gusts up to 8 m/s, the air temperature ranged from +15.7°C up to +23.2°C, relative humidity – from 46% to 69%), May 20, 2023 – 1.15 MPC (north wind was observed with an average speed of 2 m/s, gusts up to 10 m/s, air temperature ranged from +11.0°C to +20.2°C, relative humidity – from 30% to 73%), May 23, 2023 – 1.21 MPC (wind of variable directions was observed with an average speed of 1 m/s, gusts up to 6 m/s, air temperature ranged from +11.1°C to +23.7°C, relative humidity – from 40% to 75%).

In the air of Vitebsk in the area of Chkalov St. at the house 14 On May 19, 2023, the average daily concentration of PM10 was 1.32 MPC (calm was observed, north, north-northeast wind with a speed of 1-3 m/s, gusts up to 9 m/s, air temperature ranged from +7.8°C to +20.1°C, relative humidity – from 33% up to 89%).

In the area of the background monitoring station in the Berezinsky Nature Reserve (Lepelsky district, Domzheritsky s/s, 1) on May 20, 2023, the average daily concentration of ground-level ozone was 1.04 MPC (there was mainly a north-easterly wind with an average speed of 1 m/s, gusts up to 9 m/s, air temperature ranged from +6.8°C to +20.2°C, relative humidity – from 32% up to 89%). 

In the air of Brest in the area of Severnaya st., 75 on May 20, 2023, the average daily concentration of PM10 was 1.20 MPC (calm, easterly, east-northeast wind with a speed of 1 – 4 m/s, the air temperature ranged from +11.7°C up to +22.6°C, relative humidity – from 39% to 89%), May 21, 2023 – 1.12 MPC (there was an east-northeast, east, east-southeast wind with a speed of 1 - 4 m/s, the air temperature ranged from +10.3°C to +21.4°C, relative humidity – from 33% to 75%), 22 May 2023 – 1.17 MPC (calm was observed, east, northeast, east-southeast wind with a speed of 1-2 m/s, air temperature ranged from +9.7°C to +21.3°C, relative humidity – from 34% to 91%), May 23 2023 – 1.36 MPC (calm was observed, east, east-south-east, south-south-east wind with a speed of 1-3 m/s, the air temperature varied in the range from +8.8°C to +23.6°C, relative humidity – from 30% to 95%), on May 24, 2023 – 1.24 MPC (calm was observed, east, east-southeast, east-northeast wind with a speed of 1-3 m/s, the air temperature ranged from +12.5°C up to +25.6°C, relative humidity – from 26% to 75%).

In the air of Minsk in the Uruchye microdistrict on May 22, 2023, the average daily concentration of solid particles, fractions up to 2.5 microns in size was 1.07 MPC (there was a north wind with an average speed of 1 m/s, gusts up to 5 m/s, the air temperature ranged from +4.7°C to +21.8°C, relative humidity – from 29% up to 91%), on May 23, 2023 – 1.10 MPC (there was a north, north-westerly wind with an average speed of 2 m/s, gusts up to 6 m/s, air temperature ranged from +6.1°C to +23.2°C, relative humidity – from 29% to 93%).

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