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King William County, Virginia air quality history

Daily Air Quality Index summaries from EPA monitors in King William, Virginia, 1990–2016.

100%
Good days in 2016
8
Median daily AQI, 2016
0
Days above 100 in 2016
29
Days with an AQI in 2016 (of 366)

In 2016, EPA reported a daily Air Quality Index (AQI) for King William, Virginia on 29 days. 29 of those days (100%) were in the Good range, and the median daily AQI was 8. That median is lower than the typical monitored county in Virginia (median 38 across 27 counties), and lower than the typical monitored U.S. county (41). The main pollutant was coarse particles (PM10) on 29 days.

EPA did not report an AQI for every day of 2016 here (29 of 366 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 2016; EPA's files for 2017–2025 contain no row for it, which usually means its monitors stopped reporting.

Years with fewer than 120 monitored days (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016…) 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.

Share of monitored days in each AQI category, by year0%25%50%75%100%1990: Good 59 of 60 days1990: Moderate 1 of 60 days19901991: Good 56 of 60 days1991: Moderate 4 of 60 days1992: Good 61 of 61 days19921993: Good 58 of 58 days1994: Good 61 of 61 days19941995: Good 61 of 61 days1996: Good 58 of 60 days1996: Moderate 2 of 60 days19961997: Good 60 of 61 days1997: Moderate 1 of 61 days1998: Good 60 of 60 days19981999: Good 59 of 59 days2000: Good 61 of 61 days20002001: Good 58 of 58 days2002: Good 56 of 56 days20022003: Good 59 of 60 days2003: Moderate 1 of 60 days2004: Good 25 of 25 days20042005: Good 56 of 56 days2006: Good 60 of 60 days20062007: Good 58 of 58 days2008: Good 59 of 59 days20082009: Good 58 of 58 days2010: Good 57 of 57 days20102011: Good 54 of 55 days2011: Moderate 1 of 55 days2012: Good 59 of 59 days20122013: Good 60 of 60 days2014: Good 57 of 57 days20142015: Good 54 of 54 days2016: Good 29 of 29 days2016
  • 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 311991: 90th percentile AQI 421992: 90th percentile AQI 301993: 90th percentile AQI 371994: 90th percentile AQI 281995: 90th percentile AQI 321996: 90th percentile AQI 341997: 90th percentile AQI 341998: 90th percentile AQI 331999: 90th percentile AQI 312000: 90th percentile AQI 312001: 90th percentile AQI 302002: 90th percentile AQI 272003: 90th percentile AQI 262004: 90th percentile AQI 182005: 90th percentile AQI 332006: 90th percentile AQI 332007: 90th percentile AQI 282008: 90th percentile AQI 272009: 90th percentile AQI 222010: 90th percentile AQI 272011: 90th percentile AQI 252012: 90th percentile AQI 192013: 90th percentile AQI 182014: 90th percentile AQI 192015: 90th percentile AQI 192016: 90th percentile AQI 141990: Median AQI 201991: Median AQI 191992: Median AQI 151993: Median AQI 181994: Median AQI 161995: Median AQI 141996: Median AQI 151997: Median AQI 141998: Median AQI 151999: Median AQI 142000: Median AQI 152001: Median AQI 132002: Median AQI 142003: Median AQI 122004: Median AQI 102005: Median AQI 192006: Median AQI 162007: Median AQI 162008: Median AQI 162009: Median AQI 142010: Median AQI 132011: Median AQI 122012: Median AQI 112013: Median AQI 112014: Median AQI 102015: Median AQI 122016: Median AQI 819901992199419961998200020022004200620082010201220142016
  • 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.

PollutantDays as main pollutantShare of monitored days
Coarse particles (PM10)29100%

Year-by-year data

Annual AQI summary by year
YearDays with AQIGoodModerateUnhealthy for Sensitive GroupsUnhealthyVery UnhealthyHazardousMedian AQI90th pct.Max AQIMain pollutant
201629290000081420PM10
2015545400000121930PM10
2014575700000101927PM10
2013606000000111825PM10
2012595900000111928PM10
20115554100001225100PM10
2010575700000132742PM10
2009585800000142232PM10
2008595900000162733PM10
2007585800000162838PM10
2006606000000163348PM10
2005565600000193345PM10
2004252500000101820PM10
2003605910000122655PM10
2002565600000142742PM10
2001585800000133042PM10
2000616100000153140PM10
1999595900000143145PM10
1998606000000153348PM10
1997616010000143459PM10
1996605820000153457PM10
1995616100000143243PM10
1994616100000162841PM10
1993585800000183748PM10
1992616100000153049PM10
1991605640000194257PM10
1990605910000203152PM10

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 Virginia with a similar median AQI in 2016

All monitored counties in Virginia

Source: U.S. EPA AirData, “Annual AQI by County” files for 1990–2016 (EPA download page). EPA file dates: 2026-06-26. Imported into EnviroNearby November 5, 2026. How we use this data · Report a problem