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Table 10.2: Summary of PM10 concentrations at ambient monitoring sites in Canterbury

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Area 24-hour maximum 24-hour 99.5 percentile Annual average % days monitored Days > 50 µgm-3 % of winter days guideline was exceeded

St Albans
Packe Street 1994

283

192

n/a1

61%

19 measured
23 equivalent2

18%

St Albans
Packe Street 1995

161

116

21

96%

31 measured
33 equivalent2

26%

St Albans
Packe Street 1996

139

102

21

96%

28 measured
30 equivalent2

24%

St Albans
Packe Street 1997

211

173

22

95%

27 measured
31 equivalent2

25%

St Albans
Packe Street 1998

155

127

23

99%

27 measured

22%

St Albans
Packe Street 1999

152

139

23

97%

27 measured

22%

St Albans
Packe Street 2000

96

84

18

67%

9 measured
18 equivalent2

15%

St Albans
Packe Street 2001

129

122

22

46%

13 measured
31 equivalent2

25%

St Albans
Coles Place 1998

83

82

n/a1

38%

2 measured
12 equivalent2

10%

St Albans
Coles Place 1999

158

140

23

99%

31 measured

25%

St Albans
Coles Place 2000

154

105

19

100%

21 measured

17%

St Albans
Coles Place 2001

183

130

23

93%

39 measured
40 equivalent2

32%

Beckenham 1995

81

54

16

50%

3 measured
4 equivalent2

3%

Beckenham 1996

106

81

15

99%

8 measured

7%

Hornby 1995

71

60

19

51%

3 measured
6 equivalent2

5%

Hornby 1996

75

51

16

99%

2 measured

2%

Hornby 1997

80

64

22

98%

13 measured
13 equivalent2

11%

Hornby 1998

75

64

22

87%

13 measured
13 equivalent2

11%

Opawa 1995

137

134

n/a

41%

28 measured
44 equivalent2

36%

Opawa 1996

148

140

n/a

29%

23 measured
49 equivalent2

40%

Opawa 1997

150

108

22

85%

22 measured
18 equivalent2

15%

Opawa 1998

196

97

23

98%

21 measured

17%

Timaru 1997

95

70

23

79%

21 measured
23 equivalent2

18%

Timaru 1998

89

80

25

77%

27 measured

22%

Timaru 1999

108

77

23

99%

32 measured

26%

Timaru 2000

111

94

23

100%

31 measured

25%

Timaru 2001

100

92

23

100%

29 measured

24%

Ashburton 1999

67

55

18

98%

5 measured

4%

Ashburton 2000

72

56

18

99%

4 measured

4%

Rangiora 1999

57

54

15

85%

4 measured

3%

Rangiora 2000

74

55

14

100%

3 measured

2%

Kaiapoi 2001

97

87

23

78%

25 measured

20%

Note: Guideline value exceedences are highlighted in bold.

1 Annual averages were not calculated because of seasonal bias in the data,

2 This is an estimate of the number of days PM10 concentrations may have exceeded the guideline value if monitoring had been carried out on all days during winter (May to August inclusive). It is extrapolated from the number of measured exceedences and the number of days when monitoring did occur.