Today's air quality over Norwich and the pollen level in season — plain language, updated through the day.
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Fair Fine for being outside, including exercise, for almost everyone.
Peak modelled counts for today. Hay fever symptoms typically start when counts pass about 50 grains/m³ — grass is the one that affects most people in the UK (May–July); birch is a spring tree pollen (March–May).
| Pollen | Level | Peak today |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | Moderate | 43 grains/m³ |
| Birch | Low | 0 grains/m³ |
| Day | Air quality | Grass pollen |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 10 Jul | Fair | Low |
| Sat 11 Jul | Fair | Low |
| Sun 12 Jul | Fair | Low |
| Mon 13 Jul | Fair | Low |
Early summer is grass pollen season in England, which is why this page shows pollen alongside air quality through the warmer months. The bands ('low' to 'very high') are the Met Office's own scale, so they mean the same thing here as in their forecasts.
Norwich City Council measures nitrogen dioxide and fine particles at points around the city and reports the results to government every year. Parts of the city are designated air quality management areas — maps and the annual reports are on the council's and Defra's websites.
Updated . These are modelled estimates for the area around Norwich city centre, not readings from a street monitor — air right beside a busy road can be worse than the area-wide picture. Official forecast: uk-air.defra.gov.uk. Air quality data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), based on Copernicus CAMS.