The report below displays data on the total number of days in New York with an Air Quality Index Value of
over 100. This data has been compiled from 1990-2007. Some states have multiple monitoring stations and each will be listed in the reports below.
Other states do not have any monitoring stations in which case we have selected the closest station available.
Year
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
Nassau-Suffolk
New York
Rochester
Syracuse
1990
7
13
24
23
14
1
1991
15
23
33
42
22
24
1992
8
6
15
10
5
9
1993
11
6
23
22
7
7
1994
13
13
28
26
8
8
1995
12
12
20
25
10
10
1996
9
6
14
21
1
3
1997
8
5
23
33
10
6
1998
9
26
27
27
11
10
1999
15
22
28
27
17
12
2000
3
7
12
26
2
2
2001
18
24
14
33
14
13
2002
17
29
22
37
16
19
2003
9
13
15
17
5
4
2004
5
8
6
13
0
0
2005
8
23
19
23
0
8
2006
2
7
11
17
2
3
2007
13
18
14
20
7
8
According to the EPA, an Air Quality Index Value of over 100 presents some level of health concern. The higher the number, the
higher the level of concern. The EPA provides the following table and more information on Air Quality Index can be found at
WikiPedia.
