Bad Air Days in Ashley County, Arkansas

Not enough data

EPA monitors in Ashley County ran on too few days between 2016 and 2025 to give a fair yearly count (about 33% of days covered). Neighbouring counties below are a better guide.

What actually helps here

EPA monitors here ran too few days to give a fair yearly count. Use AirNow for today's air.

The worst days on file

The worst recent year was 2023, with 1 bad day on 119 monitored days.

Date	AQI	Main pollutant
2023-08-25	107	PM2.5
2018-07-01	103	PM2.5
2022-06-13	99	PM2.5
2024-08-01	96	PM2.5
2020-06-26	91	PM2.5

The air on a normal day

Across 1,201 monitored days from 2016 to 2025, the air in Ashley County rated Good on 64% of them, less often than the 72% typical of monitored counties, and Moderate on 36%. The median day sat at AQI 42; one day in ten went above 58.

The pollutant setting the AQI on an ordinary day here:

fine particles (PM2.5)100%1,201 days

Ashley County by year

Year	Days monitored	Good	Moderate	Over 100	Median AQI	Highest AQI
2025*	122	68	54	0	48	79
2024	121	77	44	0	41	96
2023	119	71	47	1	43	107
2022	117	83	34	0	39	99
2021	120	82	38	0	42	66
2020	122	91	31	0	37	91
2019	120	72	48	0	43	71
2018	121	82	38	1	39	103
2017	121	71	50	0	44	69
2016	118	72	46	0	45	72
2015	116	78	38	0	42	76
2014	118	70	48	0	43	76
2013	116	66	50	0	44	89
2012	119	56	63	0	51	76
2011	118	46	72	0	54	95
2010	120	44	76	0	54	75

*2025 may be a partial year in EPA's file.

Arkansas compared

How this is counted

A bad air day is a day the county's daily AQI from EPA AirData went above 100, the level where EPA tells children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease to cut back outdoors. Monitors do not run every day, so yearly counts are scaled to 365 days. This is the record, not today's air: for that, check AirNow. More on the method in how the county numbers are made, on the AQI 100 line in what counts as a bad air day.