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Air quality · ZIP 14850

Air quality in Ithaca, NY

ZIP 14850 (New York) — air quality summary sourced from EPA AirNow. Data lands this week as the EPA AirNow ingestion pipeline rolls out.

Last verified 2026-04-24 · methodology

What lands here

Pages show the current AQI category (Good, Moderate, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, Hazardous), the nearest reporting station, and historical averages.

Source & refresh

EPA AirNow. Refreshed hourly real-time / daily historical. Stale data is flagged, never silently served. Primary source →

Limitations specific to this source

Rural ZIPs may not have a nearby monitoring station; zipradar then reports the closest available station with distance context.

New York context

Lead service lines (older cities), coastal flood

New York has LCRR lead-service-line obligations in NYC (DEP), Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany. Coastal AE/VE zones along NYC, Long Island, Hudson Valley. Catskill/Delaware watersheds give NYC water unusual quality but require ongoing EPA SDWIS oversight.

See New York state page for the full state-level rollup across all 12 dimensions.

Read more on air quality

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Full dashboard for ZIP 14850

Air quality is one of twelve dimensions zipradar federates per address. See the full federated summary for ZIP 14850:

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