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2010 START OF OZONE SEASON

8-Hour Ozone Exceedance Days*


50 45

Exceedance Level
Purple (>124 ppb) Red (105 < 124 ppb) Orange (85 < 104 ppb)

Number of Exceedance Days

4
40

6
35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
1997 1998

3 7 1 5

1 7 1 2 3 40 29 22 2 10 2

34 25 26 29 24 29 28 1 8
2008

2 10
2009

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2010**

* Based on 1997 Primary 8-Hour Ozone Standard ** Not a full year of data Current as of October 2010 ppb = parts per billion Exceedance Level indicates daily maximum 8-hour average ozone concentration.

Ozone Season (Year)


Source: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality www.tceq.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/8hr_exceed.pl

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