Richmond air quality monitoring station is located at the University of Western Sydney campus, Hawkesbury. It is situated in the north of the Hawkesbury basin in a residential/semi-rural area.
| Air quality monitoring region | North West Sydney |
| Commissioned | May 1992 |
| Latitude | -33.61641 |
| Longitude | 150.74731 |
| Elevation | 21 metres |
Data collected
The following air pollutants and meteorological variables are currently measured at Richmond:
- Fine particles as PM10
- Fine particles as PM2.5
- Oxides of nitrogen (NO, NO2 and NOx)
- Ozone (O3)
- Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
- Visibility using nephelometry
- Ambient temperature
- Precipitation
- Relative humidity
- Wind speed, wind direction and sigma theta