Bad Air Days in Dougherty County, Georgia: 3 a Year
3 bad air days a year
About the middle of monitored US counties. Ranked 426 of 996 monitored counties, where 1 is worst.
What makes them bad: mostly particles: smoke and dust (100% particle days).
Which months to watch
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- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
Most bad days here fall in March and February and April. Averaged over 2016 to 2025.
Is a purifier worth it here?
- Bad air days are rare here. A standard furnace filter is enough; no purifier needed for outdoor air.
- On the odd bad day, check AirNow and keep windows shut.
Better or worse than it was
The worst recent year was 2022, with 5 bad days on 358 monitored days.
| Date | AQI | Main pollutant |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-17 | 151 | PM2.5 |
| 2022-03-04 | 151 | PM2.5 |
| 2022-02-27 | 146 | PM2.5 |
| 2022-03-03 | 146 | PM2.5 |
| 2022-03-29 | 144 | PM2.5 |
Most days, not the worst ones
Across 3,603 monitored days from 2016 to 2025, the air in Dougherty County rated Good on 53% of them, less often than the 72% typical of monitored counties, and Moderate on 46%. The median day sat at AQI 48; one day in ten went above 65.
The pollutant setting the AQI on an ordinary day here:
- fine particles (PM2.5)100%3,603 days
Dougherty County by year
| Year | Days monitored | Good | Moderate | Over 100 | Over 150 | Median AQI | Highest AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025* | 365 | 209 | 155 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 115 |
| 2024 | 366 | 227 | 135 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 121 |
| 2023 | 364 | 177 | 182 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 140 |
| 2022 | 358 | 180 | 173 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 151 |
| 2021 | 352 | 166 | 182 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 133 |
| 2020 | 366 | 194 | 170 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 114 |
| 2019 | 356 | 163 | 191 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 107 |
| 2018 | 357 | 227 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 137 |
| 2017 | 356 | 181 | 174 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 151 |
| 2016 | 363 | 187 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 94 |
| 2015 | 365 | 156 | 208 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 115 |
| 2014 | 359 | 127 | 231 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 111 |
| 2013 | 364 | 139 | 220 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 126 |
| 2012 | 360 | 174 | 184 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 124 |
| 2011 | 361 | 74 | 281 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 115 |
| 2010 | 357 | 113 | 241 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 158 |
*2025 may be a partial year in EPA's file.
Elsewhere in Georgia
- Wilkinson Countythin data
- Fulton County6/yr
- Henry County4/yr
- Douglas County4/yr
- Rockdale County3/yr
- DeKalb County3/yr
- Muscogee County3/yr
- Gwinnett County2/yr
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.