2014 Ozone Scorecard

Tulsa Area Ozone Trends Chart

Exceedance Days: 0

Through 12/31/2014  

Monitor Site 2014 Highest 8-Hr Ozone Averages (ppm)*
(1st through 4th highest daily readings)		 DESIGN VALUE
 3-Year Average
of the 4th highest readings
2011 4th High 2012 4th High 2013 4th High 1st Highest
date		 2nd Highest
date		 3rd Highest
date		 4th Highest
date		 2011-2013
3-Yr Avg		 2012-2014 
3-Yr Average
West (#144 Mannford) 0.070
10-Apr
 0.070
5-May		 0.066
18-Apr		 0.066
13-Jun		 0.078 0.072
0.083 0.083 0.068
East (#178 Lynn Lane)  0.068
5-May
  0.065
4-May		 0.063
24-Jun		 0.063
29-Jul		 0.077 0.071
0.082 0.082 0.068
Central (#1127 Tulsa)  0.074
3-Aug		  0.072
9-Jul		 0.066
5-May		 0.065
10-Apr		 0.080 0.074
0.085 0.085 0.072
North (#137 Skiatook)  0.070
5-May
 0.067
25-Sep
 0.066
10-Apr
 0.065
11-Jun
 0.080
 0.073
0.085 0.084 0.071
South (#174 Glenpool) 0.067
5-May		 0.064
4-May		 0.062
18-Apr		 0.062
8-Jul		 0.077 0.071
0.080 0.083 0.069
An Ozone Exceedance = 0.076 ppm or greater
Exceedances are unique unhealthy air days, yet Exceedances are not the same as ‘Violating the Ozone Standard’.
The EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone is determined by the monitor with the highest ‘Design Value’. This ozone ‘Design Value’, uses ozone data (level, reading, value…NOT the number of unhealthy exceedance days). Specifically, the Design Value is calculated from the 4th highest value for the year – averaged over a ‘rolling’ 3-year average. In the table above, the middle columns – the ones with dates – show this year’s 1st through 4th highest daily readings per monitor. The 4th highest column is the one that ‘counts’ at year end – the one that is averaged with the 4th highest readings from the two previous years to determine each monitor’s Design Value.

A Violation of the ozone standard occurs when the 3-year average (which is the Design Value) is 0.076 ppm or greater.

Thus, the last column in the table above indicates our Current Design Value is 0.074 ppm. This comes from the Central monitor averaging 2012’s 4th high value (0.085), 2013’s 4th highest value (0.072) and our current 2014 4th highest reading of 0.065 (each monitor is averaged uniquely and the standard uses no rounding).
Does our 2012-2014 Design Value meeting the EPA ozone standard? Yes! (0.074 ppm)
Does our 2011-2013 Design Value meet the EPA ozone standard? No (0.080 ppm)


*2014 data is preliminary and subject to change as a result of the ODEQ/EPA verification process

Tulsa Area Ozone Alert! Days (2000 – present)
Year May June July August September TOTAL Alert! Days

2014

  24th 1  

2013
    13th  12th 22nd  4th 4
2012  18th  25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th  10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 21st, 22nd, 28th  2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th  4th, 5th 21
2011 3rd, 15th , 24th, 28th  2nd , 6th , 8th, 9th, 15th, 29th 3rd, 4th, 5th, 17th, 20th, 21st, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 13th 25
2010  28th     12th, 19th, 23rd , 28th   5
2009   24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 30th 1st, 7th, 11th, 16th 13th, 25th    11
2008     18th, 28th, 31st 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 26th   8
2007       2nd, 3rd, 14th, 15th, 16th    5
2006  25th 12th, 15th, 29th, 30th 1st, 2nd, 17th, 19th, 20th, 21st 24th   12
2005   21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 26th 30th 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th 3rd, 4th, 5th 13
2004     15th, 21st, 22nd     3
2003     2nd, 3rd, 30th 6th, 7th, 23rd, 26th, 27th   8
2002   24th, 25th 9th, 10th, 25th 6th, 9th, 31st   8
2001   26th 11th, 25th 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th 14th 8
2000     17th 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 15th, 16th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th  2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th 15