{
  "question": "Was today an air quality alert?",
  "url": "https://was.today/an-air-quality-alert",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — Columbus is at a merely Moderate AQI 57 this morning, with no air quality alert in effect.",
  "details": [
    "US AQI 57 in Columbus: Moderate, not alert-worthy",
    "PM2.5 at 32.8 µg/m³, below unhealthy thresholds",
    "Central Ohio ozone alerts typically run May–September"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Meteum",
      "url": "https://meteum.ai/weather/en/columbus-state-of-ohio/pollution?via=mppltn&cc=1&mt=389BA34F0CC01A9BEA8AC6483E32A9021DDC1B4B56D1427F212A49D79700F95CD6C63154AE42D976C45AAE94B1A8380B443895579E809C95A14A7F51C1BAA0898595D01A314D64B098ED1830211943BB0FA3D6F2FF8E808C74697CA96AFA702D8DF7887FFFE3FD450482EFFFA4BC331C4B45DAE0C26110654EE5758CC840C3FEDEDAD5355AA6E1BBA5B6F7CA55A2EDBDDD3C3BD985C50E2E55EF9744DC0B2707722742919FD2E849CA658BEB4132DDD27490D1EEC88185E1073FCC5B2176364E52D09AD5516B7497FAF45780FC6439EBEF33DB322E8611CE7AC91ABA9820&retpath=aHR0cDovL21ldGV1bS5haS93ZWF0aGVyLzE0NTMyOD9sYXQ9MTguMzQwMTA3Jmxvbj0tNjcuMjMzNzcmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT15YW1hcHMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT13ZWImdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWluZm9ybWVyJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PWhvbWVfaW5mb3JtZXI%2C_48429b8d4b86742f97bdf2ce34ade829&t=2%2F1709854336%2Fdbc3c5713a5c85c2bbee3af66f0c1e47&u=3f5ac536-5953c409-a6ff538a-2f8c4cc6&s=cf8508ebedcc762574b10943bae0870c"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Weather Channel",
      "url": "https://weather.com/pt-AO/us/ohio/columbus/neighborhood/cassady/air-quality"
    },
    {
      "title": "Yahoo.co",
      "url": "https://weather.yahoo.com/us/oh/columbus/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Open-Meteo air quality",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/air-quality-api"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Weather Channel",
      "url": "https://weather.com/en-PH/us/ohio/new-matamoras/postcode/45767/localalerts"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Weather Channel",
      "url": "https://weather.com/en-AU/weather/alerts/localalerts/l/9fc6aeeeb9010b16c7c26f9b4834c0acad4716a3f5bae149e40bd2a287cf7201"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Weather Channel",
      "url": "https://weather.com/bn-BD/us/ohio/fleming/postcode/45729/localalerts"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-23",
  "place": "Columbus, OH, US",
  "permalink": "https://was.today/an-air-quality-alert/2026-10-23/us/oh/columbus",
  "scope": "local",
  "volatile": true,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-23T12:01:55.294Z"
}