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Oceana County, Michigan air quality history

Daily Air Quality Index summaries from EPA monitors in Oceana, Michigan, 1991.

49%
Good days in 1991
51
Median daily AQI, 1991
37
Days above 100 in 1991
121
Days with an AQI in 1991 (of 365)

In 1991, EPA reported a daily Air Quality Index (AQI) for Oceana, Michigan on 121 days. 59 of those days (49%) were in the Good range, and the median daily AQI was 51. That median is higher than the typical monitored county in Michigan (median 35 across 21 counties), and higher than the typical monitored U.S. county (39). The main pollutant was ozone on 121 days.

EPA did not report an AQI for every day of 1991 here (121 of 365 days). Figures describe monitored days only; seasonal monitoring (for example, ozone measured only in warmer months) can make a county look cleaner or dirtier than a full-year record would.

The most recent year with data for this county is 1991; EPA's files for 1992–2025 contain no row for it, which usually means its monitors stopped reporting.

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.

Share of monitored days in each AQI category, by year0%25%50%75%100%1991: Good 59 of 121 days1991: Moderate 25 of 121 days1991: Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups 19 of 121 days1991: Unhealthy 12 of 121 days1991: Very Unhealthy 6 of 121 days1991
  • 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 and 90th-percentile daily AQI, by year0501001502001991: 90th percentile AQI 1851991: Median AQI 511991
  • Median daily AQI
  • 90th-percentile daily AQI

Main pollutant by day, 1991

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.

PollutantDays as main pollutantShare of monitored days
Ozone121100%

Year-by-year data

Annual AQI summary by year
YearDays with AQIGoodModerateUnhealthy for Sensitive GroupsUnhealthyVery UnhealthyHazardousMedian AQI90th pct.Max AQIMain pollutant
1991121592519126051185225Ozone

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.

All monitored counties in Michigan

Source: U.S. EPA AirData, “Annual AQI by County” files for 1991–1991 (EPA download page). EPA file dates: 2026-06-26. Imported into EnviroNearby November 5, 2026. How we use this data · Report a problem