The Bargo air quality monitoring station is located on residential property at Silica Road, Bargo. It is in a rural area on the far south-west edge of the Sydney basin.
Air quality monitoring region: Sydney south-west
Commissioned: January 1996
Latitude: 34° 18' 27"S
Longitude: 150° 34' 48"E
Elevation: 365 metres
Using data from this station, we provide hourly pollutant concentrations, 24-hour summary and air quality category ratings (AQC).
The following air pollutants and meteorological variables are currently measured at Bargo:
- Ozone (O3)
- Oxides of nitrogen (NO, NO2 and NOx)
- Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
- Visibility using nephelometry
- Fine particles as PM10
- Fine particles as PM2.5
- Wind speed, wind direction and sigma theta
- Ambient temperature
- Relative humidity