Otoe County, Nebraska air quality history

Daily Air Quality Index summaries from EPA monitors in Otoe, Nebraska, 1985–1998.

91%

Good days in 1986

Median daily AQI, 1986

Days above 100 in 1986

147

Days with an AQI in 1986 (of 365)

In 1986, EPA reported a daily Air Quality Index (AQI) for Otoe, Nebraska on 147 days. 134 of those days (91%) were in the Good range, and the median daily AQI was 27. That median is lower than the typical monitored county in Nebraska (median 33.5 across 4 counties), and lower than the typical monitored U.S. county (39). The main pollutant was coarse particles (PM10) on 147 days.

EPA did not report an AQI for every day of 1986 here (147 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 1998; EPA's files for 1999–2025 contain no row for it, which usually means its monitors stopped reporting.

Years with fewer than 120 monitored days (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998…) 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, 1986

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
Coarse particles (PM10)	147	100%

Year-by-year data

Annual AQI summary by year
Year	Days with AQI	Good	Moderate	Median AQI	90th pct.	Max AQI	Main pollutant
1998	5	5	0	19	29	29	PM10
1997	36	36	0	22	31	43	PM10
1996	49	49	0	18	31	42	PM10
1995	51	49	2	22	42	52	PM10
1994	60	58	2	24	41	54	PM10
1993	55	54	1	21	40	57	PM10
1992	57	54	3	21	42	60	PM10
1991	56	55	1	25	40	55	PM10
1990	61	59	2	20	38	57	PM10
1989	60	56	4	27	47	56	PM10
1988	53	40	13	32	58	72	PM10
1987	58	43	15	31	64	80	PM10
1986	147	134	13	27	49	70	PM10
1985	110	88	22	34	55	80	PM10

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 Nebraska

Source: U.S. EPA AirData, “Annual AQI by County” files for 1985–1998 (EPA download page). EPA file dates: 2026-06-26. Imported into EnviroNearby November 5, 2026. How we use this data · Report a problem