The Stockton air quality monitoring site is located in a park on Fullerton St opposite intersection with Flint St (Stockton).
The station is one of the three within the Newcastle Local Air Quality Monitoring Network (NLAQMN) commissioned in August 2014. This monitoring site is not designated as an Ambient Air Quality National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) compliance monitoring station.
Air quality monitoring region: Lower Hunter
Commissioned: August 2014
Latitude: 32° 54' 07"S
Longitude: 151° 47' 03"E
Elevation: 5 metres
Data from this site can found in the Newcastle local map. The data will not be included in NSW DPE reports published to comply with statutory NEPM reporting requirements.
The following air pollutants and meteorological variables are currently measured at Stockton:
- Oxides of nitrogen (NO, NO2 and NOx)
- Ammonia (NH3)
- Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
- Fine particles as PM10
- Fine particles as PM2.5
- Wind speed, wind direction and sigma theta
- Ambient temperature
- Relative humidity