Robeson County, North Carolina air quality history

Daily Air Quality Index summaries from EPA monitors in Robeson, North Carolina, 1982–2014.

56%

Good days in 2014

Median daily AQI, 2014

Days above 100 in 2014

120

Days with an AQI in 2014 (of 365)

In 2014, EPA reported a daily Air Quality Index (AQI) for Robeson, North Carolina on 120 days. 67 of those days (56%) were in the Good range, and the median daily AQI was 47. That median is higher than the typical monitored county in North Carolina (median 44 across 44 counties), and higher than the typical monitored U.S. county (42). The main pollutant was fine particles (PM2.5) on 120 days. Across the years with fuller monitoring, the share of Good days fell: an average of 60% in 1983–1985 versus 55% in 2011–2014.

EPA did not report an AQI for every day of 2014 here (120 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 2014; EPA's files for 2015–2025 contain no row for it, which usually means its monitors stopped reporting.

Years with fewer than 120 monitored days (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013…) 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, 2014

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)	120	100%

Year-by-year data

Annual AQI summary by year
Year	Days with AQI	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Unhealthy	Very Unhealthy	Median AQI	90th pct.	Max AQI	Main pollutant
2014	120	67	53	0	0	0	47	59	65	PM2.5
2013	117	81	36	0	0	0	39	58	68	PM2.5
2012	122	75	47	0	0	0	45	59	80	PM2.5
2011	121	58	63	0	0	0	52	66	100	PM2.5
2010	121	51	70	0	0	0	52	63	85	PM2.5
2009	117	62	55	0	0	0	48	62	71	PM2.5
2008	116	46	70	0	0	0	54	69	78	PM2.5
2007	119	38	79	2	0	0	56	75	113	PM2.5
2006	121	39	82	0	0	0	55	72	96	PM2.5
2005	117	39	78	0	0	0	55	74	99	PM2.5
2004	120	43	76	1	0	0	56	73	111	PM2.5
2003	115	39	76	0	0	0	55	74	96	PM2.5
2002	120	38	81	1	0	0	56	72	105	PM2.5
2001	115	31	84	0	0	0	57	73	88	PM2.5
2000	41	10	31	0	0	0	60	72	83	PM2.5
1999	91	18	72	1	0	0	62	83	114	PM2.5
1997	57	56	1	0	0	0	19	42	53	PM10
1996	58	57	1	0	0	0	19	35	51	PM10
1995	58	58	0	0	0	0	20	31	48	PM10
1988	207	107	62	26	11	1	50	122	202	Ozone
1985	210	129	62	14	5	0	47	100	195	Ozone
1984	212	131	63	16	2	0	46	97	159	Ozone
1983	176	99	53	18	6	0	47	108	177	Ozone
1982	116	96	18	2	0	0	38	67	105	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.

Counties in North Carolina with a similar median AQI in 2014

All monitored counties in North Carolina

Source: U.S. EPA AirData, “Annual AQI by County” files for 1982–2014 (EPA download page). EPA file dates: 2026-06-26. Imported into EnviroNearby November 5, 2026. How we use this data · Report a problem