Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Adams County

Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Adams County was 100 in 2025, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That is down 31 from 2024. That is the 31st highest of 38 counties in 2025.

2025, index100
Change on 2024-31
Series high2412023
Series low872019

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Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Adams County, 1990 to 2025

5010015020025019901996200220082014202020251990: 203 index1991: 208 index1992: 187 index1993: 204 index1994: 203 index1995: 200 index1996: 166 index1997: 192 index1998: 203 index1999: 166 index2000: 179 index2001: 166 index2002: 206 index2003: 195 index2004: 129 index2005: 161 index2006: 132 index2007: 143 index2008: 159 index2009: 126 index2010: 166 index2011: 140 index2012: 146 index2013: 120 index2014: 102 index2015: 101 index2016: 119 index2017: 129 index2018: 105 index2019: 87 index2020: 88 index2021: 129 index2022: 97 index2023: 241 index2024: 131 index2025: 100 index
index. Source: EPA, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-07-13.
All 36 values
Periodindex
2025100
2024131
2023241
202297
2021129
202088
201987
2018105
2017129
2016119
2015101
2014102
2013120
2012146
2011140
2010166
2009126
2008159
2007143
2006132
2005161
2004129
2003195
2002206
2001166
2000179
1999166
1998203
1997192
1996166
1995200
1994203
1993204
1992187
1991208
1990203

Rankings

Definition

Highest daily Air Quality Index (AQI) value recorded in a US county during the year, from the EPA AirData annual summaries. Values above 500 are beyond the AQI scale and are published as EPA computes them.

A single day decides the value, so one wildfire or dust event can set it. Dust from the dry Owens Lake bed puts Inyo and Mono counties in California in the thousands. United States counties with air quality monitors only, about 1,000 of some 3,100 in recent years; a county without monitors has no value. The number of days with an AQI differs between counties because some monitors run only in the ozone season.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI (Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Adams County, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

MLA 9

EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI, Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Adams County, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/highest-daily-air-quality-index/adams-county-pennsylvania. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Adams County, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/highest-daily-air-quality-index/adams-county-pennsylvania.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI, Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Adams County, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/highest-daily-air-quality-index/adams-county-pennsylvania (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{U.S. Environmental Protection Agency}},
  title = {{EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI: Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Adams County, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/highest-daily-air-quality-index/adams-county-pennsylvania. Publisher attribution: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download\_files.html\#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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What is the highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Adams County?

Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Adams County was 100 in 2025, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That is down 31 from 2024. That is the 31st highest of 38 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Adams County?

241 in 2023, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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