The Richmond air quality monitoring station is located inside the campus of the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury. It is situated in the north of the Hawkesbury basin in a residential/semi-rural area.
Air quality monitoring region: Sydney north-west
Commissioned: May 1992
Latitude: 33° 37' 06"S
Longitude: 150° 44' 45"E
Elevation: 21 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 Richmond:
- Ozone (O3)
- Oxides of nitrogen (NO, NO2 and NOx)
- Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
- Visibility using nephelometry
- Fine particles as PM2.5
- Fine particles as PM10
- Wind speed, wind direction and sigma theta
- Ambient temperature
- Relative humidity
- Precipitation