WCAS

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2025 WCAS AQHI Summary

Station Year Mean AQHI Maximum AQHI Date of Maximum Hours ≥ 7 Sustained High Episodes1 Sustained High Hours Sustained Low Episodes1 Sustained Low Hours % Low (1–3) % Moderate (4–6) % High (7–10) % Very High (10+)
WCAS Drayton Valley 2025 2.5 9 Jun 10, 2025 23:00 12 3 12 97 7716 93.6 6.2 0.1 0
WCAS Genesee 2025 2.2 10+ Sep 01, 2025 18:00 13 2 10 48 7851 95.7 4.2 0.1 0
Jasper 2025 2.1 10+ Oct 06, 2025 15:00 39 5 36 17 8185 97.8 1.7 0.5 0
WCAS Edson 2025 2.1 8 Jun 11, 2025 00:00 20 2 20 38 7970 97.1 2.7 0.2 0
WCAS Hinton-Hillcrest 2025 2.1 7 Jun 10, 2025 23:00 14 3 11 20 8073 97.7 2.1 0.2 0
WCAS Hinton-Drinnan 2025 2.0 7 Jun 11, 2025 10:00 14 3 14 20 7807 97.9 1.9 0.2 0
WCAS Steeper 2025 2.0 10+ Sep 03, 2025 13:00 9 2 8 17 8060 98.3 1.6 0.1 0
1 Sustained episodes are defined as ≥3 consecutive hours in the AQHI category.

2025 WCAS PM2.5 Summary

Station Annual Mean (µg/m³) Maximum Hour (µg/m³) Date of Maximum 98th Percentile (µg/m³) Uptime (%) Hours > 80 µg/m³ Days > 29 µg/m³ Dominant Wind (Elevated Hours)1
WCAS Genesee 8.7 183.6 Sep 01, 2025 17:00 42.1 98.8 27 9 NE
WCAS Drayton Valley 8.2 164.2 Jun 10, 2025 22:00 35.8 99.6 20 7 ESE
WCAS Hinton-Drinnan 7.7 117.0 Sep 03, 2025 19:00 39.4 99.7 39 11 NE
WCAS Edson 7.3 132.0 Jun 11, 2025 06:00 40.5 99.6 38 10 N
WCAS Hinton-Hillcrest 6.3 114.8 Jun 11, 2025 09:00 37.8 99.7 39 11 ENE
Jasper 5.9 99.2 Jun 11, 2025 10:00 36.7 98.7 13 9 SW
WCAS Steeper 4.2 196.5 Sep 03, 2025 12:00 33.0 98.5 21 8 SE
1 Elevated hours defined as top 10% of hourly concentrations; wind direction calculated using a pollution-weighted vector mean

2025 WCAS NO2 Summary

Station Annual Mean (ppb) Maximum Hour (ppb) Date of Maximum 98th Percentile (ppb) Uptime (%) Hours > 159 ppb Dominant Wind (Elevated Hours)1
WCAS Drayton Valley 7.3 52.4 Feb 21, 2025 23:00 28.6 94.3 0 S
Jasper 6.2 37.0 Feb 18, 2025 20:00 22.8 91.5 0 SW
WCAS Hinton-Drinnan 6.0 35.8 Feb 20, 2025 08:00 21.2 90.7 0 SE
WCAS Edson 5.9 37.3 Jan 09, 2025 21:00 23.6 94.4 0 SW
WCAS Hinton-Hillcrest 4.4 53.9 Oct 22, 2025 11:00 20.6 94.6 0 ESE
WCAS Carrot Creek 3.6 37.5 Feb 06, 2025 20:00 15.4 90.4 0 SSE
WCAS Wagner2 3.4 83.0 Jan 27, 2025 12:00 15.3 94.7 0 SW
WCAS Genesee 3.2 41.4 Feb 12, 2025 23:00 12.2 94.6 0 S
WCAS Breton 2.8 33.0 Dec 17, 2025 03:00 10.4 91.1 0 S
WCAS Meadows 2.7 31.8 Jan 03, 2025 00:00 10.4 94.7 0 SE
WCAS Steeper 0.9 18.7 Nov 06, 2025 07:00 6.0 94.5 0 E
1 Elevated hours defined as top 10% of hourly concentrations; wind direction calculated using a pollution-weighted vector mean

2025 WCAS O3 Summary

Station Annual Mean (ppb) Maximum Hour (ppb) Date of Maximum 98th Percentile (ppb) Uptime (%) Hours > 76 ppb Dominant Wind (Elevated Hours)1
WCAS Steeper 33.4 63.0 Jun 09, 2025 13:00 51.4 94.5 0 SW
WCAS Breton 29.0 64.5 Aug 27, 2025 16:00 51.8 91.4 0 SW
WCAS Genesee 28.9 73.8 Sep 01, 2025 16:00 52.2 94.8 0 SSE
WCAS Drayton Valley 28.3 65.1 May 28, 2025 18:00 53.7 94.3 0 ESE
WCAS Hinton-Hillcrest 27.7 65.6 Jun 09, 2025 18:00 51.3 94.6 0 WSW
WCAS Carrot Creek 25.5 59.6 May 28, 2025 20:00 49.9 94.8 0 NW
WCAS Edson 24.6 58.6 Jun 11, 2025 18:00 49.9 92.5 0 NW
Jasper 23.8 63.7 Jun 09, 2025 14:00 50.2 94.4 0 SW
WCAS Hinton-Drinnan 21.1 66.3 Jun 09, 2025 16:00 49.4 94.5 0 W
1 Elevated hours defined as top 10% of hourly concentrations; wind direction calculated using a pollution-weighted vector mean

2025 WCAS SO2 Summary

Station Annual Mean (ppb) Maximum Hour (ppb) Date of Maximum 98th Percentile (ppb) Uptime (%)1 Hours > 172 ppb Days > 48 ppb Months > 11 ppb Dominant Wind (Elevated Hours)2
WCAS Hinton-Drinnan 0.4 13.4 Mar 19, 2025 14:00 3.1 90.5 0 0 0 SW
WCAS Genesee 0.2 60.7 Sep 01, 2025 17:00 1.1 94.4 0 0 0 SE
WCAS Wagner2 0.2 4.8 Dec 24, 2025 16:00 1.0 94.8 0 0 0 SSE
WCAS Breton 0.1 40.4 Sep 01, 2025 18:00 0.8 94.7 0 0 0 SE
WCAS Meadows 0.1 6.1 Feb 04, 2025 15:00 1.0 90.6 0 0 0 ESE
WCAS Drayton Valley 0.1 9.3 Aug 29, 2025 16:00 0.7 94.3 0 0 0 SSE
WCAS Hinton-Hillcrest 0.1 9.6 Feb 17, 2025 13:00 0.7 91.9 0 0 0 ESE
Jasper 0.1 2.3 Aug 29, 2025 15:00 0.8 76.1 0 0 0 S
WCAS Steeper 0.1 9.4 Aug 28, 2025 20:00 0.6 94.5 0 0 0 SE
WCAS Edson 0.1 69.6 Aug 28, 2025 13:00 0.4 90.8 0 0 0 SE
WCAS Carrot Creek 0.0 18.4 Aug 28, 2025 13:00 0.5 91.5 0 0 0 SSW
1 Jasper SO2 was decomissioned in October 2025
2 Elevated hours defined as top 10% of hourly concentrations; wind direction calculated using a pollution-weighted vector mean

2025 WCAS Meterology Summary

2025 Annual Meteorology Summary
Wind and Temperature Statistics (Hourly Data)
Site Dominant Wind Max 1-hr Wind (km/hr) Date Coldest (°C) Date Warmest (°C) Date Mean Wind 95th % Wind Mean Temp (°C)
Jasper WSW 20.6 Tue, Feb 4, 2025 −33.2 Wed, Feb 5, 2025 31.4 Wed, Jul 30, 2025 5.3 11.0 4.2
WCAS Breton SE 44.8 Thu, Jan 16, 2025 −35.4 Mon, Feb 3, 2025 31.2 Wed, Aug 27, 2025 7.7 19.6 4.1
WCAS Carrot Creek W 38.0 Fri, Apr 11, 2025 −35.2 Wed, Feb 5, 2025 29.9 Thu, Aug 28, 2025 7.7 18.3 3.4
WCAS Drayton Valley S 43.6 Thu, Jan 16, 2025 −31.2 Wed, Feb 5, 2025 29.5 Thu, May 29, 2025 7.7 17.8 4.6
WCAS Edson W 26.7 Sun, Nov 2, 2025 −34.5 Wed, Feb 5, 2025 31.2 Thu, Aug 28, 2025 6.6 14.5 3.8
WCAS Genesee SW 56.4 Thu, Jan 16, 2025 −31.4 Tue, Feb 18, 2025 38.3 Thu, May 29, 2025 12.1 25.9 6.4
WCAS Hinton-Drinnan SW 19.8 Mon, Jan 20, 2025 −34.9 Wed, Feb 5, 2025 30.1 Wed, Aug 27, 2025 3.7 9.6 3.1
WCAS Hinton-Hillcrest SW 34.2 Thu, Feb 27, 2025 −33.1 Wed, Feb 5, 2025 29.3 Wed, May 28, 2025 9.0 21.5 3.8
WCAS Meadows WSW 48.2 Thu, Jan 16, 2025 −32.5 Wed, Feb 5, 2025 31.0 Thu, May 29, 2025 10.7 22.9 4.7
WCAS Steeper SSW 41.1 Thu, Feb 27, 2025 −33.2 Mon, Feb 3, 2025 27.6 Wed, May 28, 2025 7.6 17.7 2.7
WCAS Wagner2 WNW 23.5 Thu, Jan 16, 2025 −34.0 Mon, Feb 10, 2025 32.6 Thu, Aug 28, 2025 4.6 13.1 4.4

WCAS Meterology Historical Comparision

2025 vs Historical Records
Wind and Temperature Extremes Comparison
Wind
Minimum Temperature
Maximum Temperature
Wind Record Stat Cold Record Stat Warm Record Stat
2025 Max Historical Max Difference 2025 Min Historical Min Difference 2025 Max Historical Max Difference
Jasper
20.6 20.6 0.0 −33.2 −33.2 0.0 31.4 31.4 0.0 NEW RECORD NEW RECORD NEW RECORD
WCAS Breton
44.8 44.8 0.0 −35.4 −40.0 4.6 31.2 35.7 −4.5 NEW RECORD
WCAS Carrot Creek
38.0 57.0 −19.0 −35.2 −40.1 4.8 29.9 37.7 −7.7
WCAS Drayton Valley
43.6 55.5 −11.9 −31.2 −39.4 8.2 29.5 35.4 −5.9
WCAS Edson
26.7 39.0 −12.3 −34.5 −45.2 10.7 31.2 39.1 −7.9
WCAS Genesee
56.4 60.8 −4.4 −31.4 −42.5 11.1 38.3 42.5 −4.3
WCAS Hinton-Drinnan
19.8 22.7 −2.9 −34.9 −38.7 3.8 30.1 40.5 −10.4
WCAS Hinton-Hillcrest
34.2 43.0 −8.9 −33.1 −39.4 6.3 29.3 34.3 −4.9
WCAS Meadows
48.2 51.0 −2.8 −32.5 −43.1 10.5 31.0 36.9 −5.9
WCAS Steeper
41.1 56.7 −15.6 −33.2 −40.0 6.8 27.6 38.2 −10.5
WCAS Wagner2
23.5 32.0 −8.5 −34.0 −39.9 5.9 32.6 37.5 −4.9

WCAS Meterology Extremes

Historical Meteorological Extremes by Station
All Available Years of Record
Station
Wind
Minimum Temperature
Maximum Temperature
Highest 1-hr Wind (km/hr) Date & Hour Coldest (°C) Date & Hour Warmest (°C) Date & Hour
Jasper 20.6 Tue, Feb 4, 2025 00:00 −33.2 Wed, Feb 5, 2025 09:00 31.4 Wed, Jul 30, 2025 19:00
WCAS Breton 44.8 Thu, Jan 16, 2025 19:00 −40.0 Sat, Feb 2, 2008 07:00 35.7 Tue, Jun 29, 2021 16:00
WCAS Carrot Creek 57.0 Thu, Jul 2, 2009 21:00 −40.1 Wed, Jan 15, 2020 04:00 37.7 Tue, Jun 29, 2021 16:00
WCAS Drayton Valley 55.5 Fri, Jun 24, 2022 12:00 −39.4 Sun, Jan 14, 2024 10:00 35.4 Tue, Jun 29, 2021 16:00
WCAS Edson 39.0 Fri, Jan 30, 2009 16:00 −45.2 Tue, Jan 29, 2008 05:00 39.1 Tue, Jun 29, 2021 17:00
WCAS Genesee 60.8 Wed, Jan 15, 2014 08:00 −42.5 Sat, Jan 13, 2024 09:00 42.5 Tue, Jun 29, 2021 16:00
WCAS Hinton-Drinnan 22.7 Thu, Jan 20, 2022 09:00 −38.7 Fri, Jan 12, 2024 10:00 40.5 Wed, Jun 30, 2021 16:00
WCAS Hinton-Hillcrest 43.0 Thu, Oct 27, 2022 09:00 −39.4 Fri, Jan 12, 2024 08:00 34.3 Tue, Jul 9, 2024 18:00
WCAS Meadows 51.0 Sun, May 15, 2011 14:00 −43.1 Sat, Jan 13, 2024 06:00 36.9 Wed, Jun 30, 2021 16:00
WCAS Steeper 56.7 Fri, Dec 18, 2020 22:00 −40.0 Mon, Apr 27, 2009 03:00 38.2 Wed, Jun 30, 2021 15:00
WCAS Wagner2 32.0 Sat, May 14, 2011 14:00 −39.9 Sun, Dec 13, 2009 06:00 37.5 Wed, Jul 10, 2024 17:00