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Santa Clara County
Learn about Santa Clara County - its climate, potential air pollution concerns, and current air quality. You can also view upcoming Air District events in Santa Clara County and read about local efforts to improve air quality.
Latest News
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Air District’s Clean HEET Program now accepting applicationsMarch 13, 2025
The Air District’s Clean HEET Program is now accepting applications for grants that can help to offset the cost of switching from wood-burning or pellet-burning stoves, fireplace inserts, or open-hearth fireplaces to an electric heat pump. A decommission-only option is also available for homeowners to remove existing open-hearth fireplaces or older, uncertified wood-burning stoves or inserts. Switching to an electric heat pump helps improve air quality in communities by replacing polluting wood-burning devices with cleaner heating options.
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Air District launches Charge! Program, expanding Bay Area access to electric vehicle chargersMarch 05, 2025
The Air District is announcing the launch of the Charge! Program’s grant application process to access at least $10 million in grant funding to offset the cost of purchasing and installing new chargers for light-duty electric vehicles at multi-family housing facilities, destinations, transit parking locations, and workplaces across the Bay Area. This funding is available to businesses, homeowner associations, non-profits, public agencies, and tribes. Applications are being accepted now through June 6, 2025, at 5PM.
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It has been reported that companies throughout the Bay Area have received letters dated January 1, 2025, February 1, 2025, and February 14, 2025, with misinformation about the Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program. These letters were not sent by the Bay Area Air District or the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and contain misinformation. Please disregard these letters if you received them. If your company is registered in the Commuter Benefits Program, you can check the Commuter Benefits Program website to verify your company's registration in the system.
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Other News Articles
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1/22/2025 Air District launches new name and branding
January 22, 2025
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12/30/2024 Air District asks public to not burn wood through the New Year’s holiday
December 30, 2024
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12/19/2024 Spare the Air Alert issued for Friday, December 20. Wood-burning is prohibited.
December 19, 2024
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12/8/2024 Spare the Air Alert issued for today, Sunday, December 8
December 8, 2024
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11/30/2024 Spare the Air Alerts issued for Sunday and Monday due to wood smoke pollution
November 30, 2024
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11/26/2024 Air District asks public to not burn wood over Thanksgiving holiday
November 26, 2024
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11/19/2024 Air District to host Clean Air Talk in San Lorenzo on December 7
November 19, 2024
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11/12/2024 Air District to represent Bay Area at COP29
November 12, 2024
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11/6/2024 Air District releases woodsmoke white paper for public comment
November 6, 2024
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10/31/2024 Air District and CARB fine Valero Refining Co. $82 million for air quality violations
October 31, 2024
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10/25/2024 Air District issues air quality advisory for Friday and Saturday
October 25, 2024
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10/18/2024 Air District issues air quality advisory for Friday
October 18, 2024
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10/17/2024 Air District to host Clean Air Talk in East Palo Alto on November 2
October 17, 2024
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10/17/2024 Air District fines Radius Recycling, formerly Schnitzer Steel, $575,000 for air quality violations
October 17, 2024
Santa Clara County is south of the San Francisco Bay, with San Mateo and Alameda counties bordering it to the north, Santa Cruz County to the west, San Benito County to the south, and Stanislaus and Merced counties to the east. Four Santa Clara County representatives sit on the Air District’s Board of Directors.
Climate
During the summer, mostly clear skies result in warm daytime temperatures and cool nights. Winter temperatures are mild, except for very cool but generally frost-less mornings.
Further inland where the moderating effect of the bay is not as strong, temperature extremes are greater. Wind patterns are influenced by local terrain, with a northwesterly sea breeze typically developing during the daytime. Winds are usually stronger in the spring and summer. Rainfall amounts are modest, ranging from 13 inches in the lowlands to 20 inches in the hills.
Interactive Air Monitoring Stations Map
Air Quality in Santa Clara County
Ozone and fine particle pollution, or PM2.5, are the major regional air pollutants of concern in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ozone is primarily a problem in the summer, and fine particle pollution in the winter.
Most of Santa Clara County is well south of the cooler waters of the San Francisco Bay and far from the cooler marine air which usually reaches across San Mateo County in summer. Ozone frequently forms on hot summer days when the prevailing seasonal northerly winds carry ozone precursors southward across the county, causing health standards to be exceeded.
Santa Clara County experiences many exceedances of the PM2.5 standard each winter. This is due to the high population density, wood smoke, industrial and freeway traffic, and poor wintertime air circulation caused by extensive hills to the east and west that block wind flow into the region.
Spare the Air Status
Last Updated: 4/21/2017