Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)

Grafton County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 10 counties in 1999, at 88.9%. Coos County had the lowest, at 44%. The median was 78.5%. Source: EPA.

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Highest88.9Grafton County
Lowest44Coos County
Median78.510 counties

Map of counties, 1999

Belknap County: 81 %Carroll County: 88.4 %Cheshire County: 75.5 %Coos County: 44 %Grafton County: 88.9 %Hillsborough County: 71.7 %Merrimack County: 73.3 %Rockingham County: 80.1 %Strafford County: 87.1 %Sullivan County: 76.9 %
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  • 73 to 76
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  • 87 and over
%, 1999. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 1999

Grafton County: 88.9 %Grafton County88.9Carroll County: 88.4 %Carroll County88.4Strafford County: 87.1 %Strafford County87.1Belknap County: 81 %Belknap County81Rockingham County: 80.1 %Rockingham County80.1Sullivan County: 76.9 %Sullivan County76.9Cheshire County: 75.5 %Cheshire County75.5Merrimack County: 73.3 %Merrimack County73.3Hillsborough County: 71.7 %Hillsborough County71.7Coos County: 44 %Coos County44Grafton County: 88.9 %Grafton County88.9Carroll County: 88.4 %Carroll County88.4Strafford County: 87.1 %Strafford County87.1Belknap County: 81 %Belknap County81Rockingham County: 80.1 %Rockingham County80.1Sullivan County: 76.9 %Sullivan County76.9Cheshire County: 75.5 %Cheshire County75.5Merrimack County: 73.3 %Merrimack County73.3Hillsborough County: 71.7 %Hillsborough County71.7Coos County: 44 %Coos County44
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties1999 (%)Change on 1998
1Grafton County88.9+2.4 pts
2Carroll County88.4-2.7 pts
3Strafford County87.1+2.9 pts
4Belknap County81-10.5 pts
5Rockingham County80.1-2.9 pts
6Sullivan County76.9-15 pts
7Cheshire County75.5-10.2 pts
8Merrimack County73.3-18 pts
9Hillsborough County71.7-14.3 pts
10Coos County44-18.7 pts

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About this ranking

Days with a daily Air Quality Index of 0 to 50 (good) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; both counts are stored with each value.

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1999) [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: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1999. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/new-hampshire-counties?period=1999. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1999. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/new-hampshire-counties?period=1999.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1999 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/new-hampshire-counties?period=1999 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Grafton County, with 88.9% in 1999, according to EPA.

Which county has the lowest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Coos County, with 44% in 1999.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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