Daily Air Quality Index summaries from EPA monitors in Paulding, Georgia, 1980–2017.
42%
Good days in 2016
52
Median daily AQI, 2016
2
Days above 100 in 2016
364
Days with an AQI in 2016 (of 366)
In 2016, EPA reported a daily Air Quality Index (AQI) for Paulding, Georgia on 364 days. 153 of those days (42%) were in the Good range, and the median daily AQI was 52. That median is higher than the typical monitored county in Georgia (median 44 across 27 counties), and higher than the typical monitored U.S. county (41). The main pollutant was fine particles (PM2.5) on 295 days. Across the years with fuller monitoring, the share of Good days fell: an average of 61% in 1980–1988 versus 41% in 2014–2016.
The most recent year with data for this county is 2017; EPA's files for 2018–2025 contain no row for it, which usually means its monitors stopped reporting.
Years with fewer than 120 monitored days (2017) are shown in the table but left out of comparisons and trend statements.
How the days broke down each year
Each bar is one year. The colored segments show the share of monitored days that fell in each AQI category.
Good
Moderate
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy
Hazardous
Typical and high-end AQI over time
The median is the middle day of the year. The 90th percentile is the level that only the highest 10% of days exceeded.
Median daily AQI
90th-percentile daily AQI
Main pollutant by day, 2016
On each monitored day, the AQI reflects whichever measured pollutant had the highest index. This counts how many days each pollutant set the AQI. A pollutant that was not measured here cannot appear.
Pollutant
Days as main pollutant
Share of monitored days
Fine particles (PM2.5)
295
81%
Ozone
69
19%
Year-by-year data
Annual AQI summary by year
Year
Days with AQI
Good
Moderate
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy
Hazardous
Median AQI
90th pct.
Max AQI
Main pollutant
2017
11
10
1
0
0
0
0
28
49
58
PM2.5
2016
364
153
209
2
0
0
0
52
66
126
PM2.5
2015
365
174
191
0
0
0
0
51
65
90
PM2.5
2014
364
125
239
0
0
0
0
54
65
95
PM2.5
2013
365
146
219
0
0
0
0
52
66
93
PM2.5
2012
366
104
256
6
0
0
0
55
71
133
PM2.5
2011
364
130
220
13
1
0
0
55
80
154
PM2.5
2010
365
165
193
7
0
0
0
52
77
150
PM2.5
2009
365
198
166
1
0
0
0
48
67
108
PM2.5
2008
366
146
208
12
0
0
0
54
80
147
PM2.5
2007
365
121
211
27
6
0
0
58
97
166
PM2.5
2006
365
112
224
26
3
0
0
59
93
177
PM2.5
2005
365
107
233
24
1
0
0
58
90
154
PM2.5
2004
365
118
241
6
0
0
0
57
84
122
PM2.5
2003
365
152
195
18
0
0
0
53
87
150
PM2.5
2002
364
227
94
34
7
2
0
44
112
202
Ozone
2001
362
210
121
28
3
0
0
45
93
164
Ozone
2000
356
181
127
43
5
0
0
50
108
166
Ozone
1999
348
175
93
55
23
2
0
50
143
206
Ozone
1998
362
228
75
34
22
3
0
40
129
219
Ozone
1997
273
169
71
29
4
0
0
45
115
164
Ozone
1996
309
195
83
21
10
0
0
45
101
197
Ozone
1995
246
132
64
36
14
0
0
48
129
197
Ozone
1994
266
145
86
26
8
1
0
49
115
209
Ozone
1993
257
141
69
34
11
2
0
48
126
213
Ozone
1992
265
177
62
20
5
1
0
44
100
215
Ozone
1991
264
189
59
12
4
0
0
44
87
166
Ozone
1990
268
128
79
39
21
1
0
54
147
208
Ozone
1989
207
139
51
16
1
0
0
43
97
156
Ozone
1988
268
142
67
36
15
8
0
48
147
217
Ozone
1987
267
172
52
24
18
1
0
42
136
230
Ozone
1980
343
222
58
41
18
4
0
41
133
227
Ozone
What this data can and can’t tell you
It is a county-level summary. EPA reports one AQI per day for the county, based on the monitors operating there. Air at a particular street, school or home can differ, especially near roads, industry or wildfire smoke.
It is not a health assessment. The AQI is EPA’s scale for communicating daily air quality. A county’s history can’t tell you what the health risk is for any particular person. For daily conditions and health guidance, see AirNow.
Rules change over time. EPA has revised AQI breakpoints, most recently for fine particles in 2024, so some year-to-year change can reflect the scale rather than the air.
