Nova Scotia Hourly PM2.5 Air Quality Data from Pictou Station

Hourly ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations in micrograms per cubic metre, collected up to the end of 2024. The data originates from provincial ambient air quality monitoring stations across Nova Scotia, specifically the Pictou BAM/T640 station. It is published by the Government of Nova Scotia on the open_canada platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling hourly PM2.5 concentration trends based on the time-series nature of the data
• Assessing air quality compliance and public health risks based on particulate matter measurements
• Correlating pollution events with other environmental factors based on the station location and temporal granularity
• Forecasting short-term air quality based on historical hourly patterns

Strengths

• Data is updated through the end of 2024, providing recent measurements
• Provides hourly temporal resolution for fine-grained trend analysis
• Published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license, facilitating open use and redistribution

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling
• Data is specific to the Pictou station and Nova Scotia, limiting geographic generalizability

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Collected from provincial ambient air quality monitoring stations

Time Range

Up to the end of 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:28:03.638882; freshness should be verified

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada (Pictou station)