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Waller County, Texas air quality history

Daily Air Quality Index summaries from EPA monitors in Waller, Texas, 1990.

82%
Good days in 1990
33
Median daily AQI, 1990
15
Days above 100 in 1990
330
Days with an AQI in 1990 (of 365)

In 1990, EPA reported a daily Air Quality Index (AQI) for Waller, Texas on 330 days. 272 of those days (82%) were in the Good range, and the median daily AQI was 33. That median is lower than the typical monitored county in Texas (median 37.5 across 20 counties), and lower than the typical monitored U.S. county (39). The main pollutant was ozone on 330 days.

The most recent year with data for this county is 1990; EPA's files for 1991–2025 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%1990: Good 272 of 330 days1990: Moderate 43 of 330 days1990: Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups 15 of 330 days1990
  • 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 year0501001990: 90th percentile AQI 741990: Median AQI 331990
  • Median daily AQI
  • 90th-percentile daily AQI

Main pollutant by day, 1990

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
Ozone330100%

Year-by-year data

Annual AQI summary by year
YearDays with AQIGoodModerateUnhealthy for Sensitive GroupsUnhealthyVery UnhealthyHazardousMedian AQI90th pct.Max AQIMain pollutant
199033027243150003374150Ozone

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 Texas with a similar median AQI in 1990

All monitored counties in Texas

Source: U.S. EPA AirData, “Annual AQI by County” files for 1990–1990 (EPA download page). EPA file dates: 2026-06-26. Imported into EnviroNearby November 5, 2026. How we use this data · Report a problem