Particulate Matter Seasonal Analysis

Period
2024-02-15 00:14 to 2024-12-31 23:59
Analysis intervals
30,667
PM fractions
PM1, PM2.5, PM4, PM10
Months represented
Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Time standard
Europe/Sofia local time
Coverage note: Valid PM measurements occur in 11 of 12 months and 4 season(s). Incomplete months and seasons are summarized from available intervals only; missing periods were not filled and should be considered when interpreting comparisons.

2025 retains all original averaged export records, including irregular durations; 2024/2026 retain nominal quarter-hour observations. Europe/Sofia local time. Concentrations in µg/m³. Unknown valid-minute counts remain blank.

Monthly data completeness

Coverage is the share of expected intervals containing a valid value; missing intervals were not imputed.

MonthNamePM1PM2.5PM4PM10
02February51.7%51.7%51.7%51.7%
03March100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
04April100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
05May100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
06June99.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%
07July97.5%97.5%97.5%97.5%
08August99.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%
09September99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%
10October99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%
11November99.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%
12December100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%

Season coverage

Winter groups January, February and December of the displayed calendar year, not December of the preceding year. Partial calendar seasons must not be compared as equivalent complete seasons. Dates below have at least one valid PM record; this does not imply full-day coverage. Period ranges may contain internal gaps. Monthly interval coverage is reported separately.

YearSeasonObserved local periodsPM recordsDates observed / calendar datesCoverage status
2024Winter15-29 Feb 2024; Dec 20244,41646/91Partial calendar season
2024SpringMar 2024; Apr 2024; May 20248,82892/92All dates represented; check interval coverage
2024SummerJun 2024; Jul 2024; Aug 20248,72192/92All dates represented; check interval coverage
2024AutumnSep 2024; Oct 2024; Nov 20248,70291/91All dates represented; check interval coverage

Download observed season periods and date counts.

Overall statistics

FractionCountMeanMedianStd. dev.MinMax
PM130,6679.5057.9337.6310.00080.648
PM2.530,66712.11410.2208.8320.000370.155
PM430,66714.28612.12511.5870.000666.767
PM1030,66721.36817.62218.8960.0001149.669

All concentrations are reported in µg/m³.

Concentration means give equal weight to each retained analytical record: sum of values / count. Standard deviation uses the sample formula (N-1 denominator) and describes variation between records, not uncertainty of the mean. Missing observations are never interpolated or replaced by zero; actual measured zeros remain included.

Charts

03_seasonal_means.png
07_seasonal_boxplots.png
08_hourly_profiles_by_season.png
12_seasonal_pm25_pm10_ratio.png
02_monthly_profile.png
11_monthly_pm25_pm10_ratio.png
06_month_hour_heatmaps.png
04_hourly_profile.png
05_weekday_profile.png
09_weekday_vs_weekend.png
10_weekday_weekend_daily_cycle.png
01_daily_time_series.png

Monthly Detail Charts

Separate graphs for each represented month are saved in the monthly_charts folder.

Meteorological seasons: Winter = Dec-Feb, Spring = Mar-May, Summer = Jun-Aug, Autumn = Sep-Nov. Weekends are Saturday and Sunday. Calendar grouping uses the local interval end. Hourly graphs use labels 1-24 based on the local interval start, so hour 15 represents 14:00-14:59. All charts use Europe/Sofia local time.