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

Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Person County was 74 in 2025, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That is down 3 from 2024.

2025, index74
Change on 2024-3
Series high2092002
Series low502020

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Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Person County, 1982 to 2025

5010015020025019821989200020062012201820251982: 115 index1983: 205 index1984: 164 index1985: 177 index1986: 190 index1988: 166 index1989: 143 index1992: 172 index1995: 159 index1997: 182 index1998: 190 index1999: 192 index2000: 154 index2001: 185 index2002: 209 index2003: 177 index2004: 129 index2005: 150 index2006: 129 index2007: 136 index2008: 143 index2009: 101 index2010: 129 index2011: 143 index2012: 140 index2013: 105 index2014: 93 index2015: 77 index2016: 101 index2017: 74 index2018: 97 index2019: 80 index2020: 50 index2021: 90 index2022: 90 index2023: 101 index2024: 77 index2025: 74 index5010015020025019822001201420251982: 115 index1983: 205 index1984: 164 index1985: 177 index1986: 190 index1988: 166 index1989: 143 index1992: 172 index1995: 159 index1997: 182 index1998: 190 index1999: 192 index2000: 154 index2001: 185 index2002: 209 index2003: 177 index2004: 129 index2005: 150 index2006: 129 index2007: 136 index2008: 143 index2009: 101 index2010: 129 index2011: 143 index2012: 140 index2013: 105 index2014: 93 index2015: 77 index2016: 101 index2017: 74 index2018: 97 index2019: 80 index2020: 50 index2021: 90 index2022: 90 index2023: 101 index2024: 77 index2025: 74 index
index. Source: EPA, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-07-13.
All 38 values
Periodindex
202574
202477
2023101
202290
202190
202050
201980
201897
201774
2016101
201577
201493
2013105
2012140
2011143
2010129
2009101
2008143
2007136
2006129
2005150
2004129
2003177
2002209
2001185
2000154
1999192
1998190
1997182
1995159
1992172
1989143
1988166
1986190
1985177
1984164
1983205
1982115

Person County compared with nearby places

Alexander County: 80 indexAvery County: 90 indexBuncombe County: 97 indexCaldwell County: 77 indexCarteret County: 80 indexCaswell County: 77 indexCatawba County: 88 indexCumberland County: 74 indexDavidson County: 93 indexDurham County: 77 indexEdgecombe County: 68 indexForsyth County: 100 indexGraham County: 97 indexGranville County: 87 indexGuilford County: 77 indexHaywood County: 87 indexHyde County: 59 indexJohnston County: 84 indexLenoir County: 71 indexLincoln County: 87 indexMacon County: 97 indexMartin County: 50 indexMecklenburg County: 97 indexMitchell County: 102 indexMontgomery County: 85 indexNew Hanover County: 121 indexNorthampton County: 79 indexPerson County: 74 indexPitt County: 71 indexRockingham County: 74 indexRowan County: 88 indexSwain County: 87 indexUnion County: 90 indexWake County: 76 index
  • Under 74
  • 74 to 77
  • 77 to 85
  • 85 to 88
  • 88 to 97
  • 97 and over
  • No data
Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), 2025, index. Person County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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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.

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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), Person County, 1982 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

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EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI, Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Person County, 1982 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/person-county-north-carolina. 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), Person County, 1982 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/person-county-north-carolina.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI, Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Person County, 1982 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/person-county-north-carolina (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI: Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Person County, 1982 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
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  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/person-county-north-carolina. 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 Person County?

Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Person County was 74 in 2025, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That is down 3 from 2024.

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 Person County?

209 in 2002, the highest value since 1982 in this series.

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