Bad Air Days in Paulding County, Georgia: 2 a Year
2 bad air days a year
Fewer bad air days than most monitored US counties. Ranked 512 of 996 monitored counties, where 1 is worst.
What makes them bad: mostly ozone: summer smog (0% particle days).
When the bad days come in Paulding
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Most bad days here fall in May and June. 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.
The record for Paulding
In 2000 to 2009 this county averaged 25 bad days a year; in 2016 to 2025, 2. The air has improved. The worst recent year was 2016, with 2 bad days on 364 monitored days.
| Date | AQI | Main pollutant |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-10 | 126 | Ozone |
| 2016-05-28 | 101 | Ozone |
| 2016-09-15 | 97 | Ozone |
| 2016-09-25 | 90 | Ozone |
| 2016-04-18 | 87 | Ozone |
The air on a normal day
Across 375 monitored days from 2016 to 2017, the air in Paulding County rated Good on 43% of them, less often than the 72% typical of monitored counties, and Moderate on 56%. The median day sat at AQI 51; one day in ten went above 66.
The pollutant setting the AQI on an ordinary day here:
- fine particles (PM2.5)82%306 days
- ozone18%69 days
Paulding County by year
| Year | Days monitored | Good | Moderate | Over 100 | Over 150 | Median AQI | Highest AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 58 |
| 2016 | 364 | 153 | 209 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 126 |
| 2015 | 365 | 174 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 90 |
| 2014 | 364 | 125 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 95 |
| 2013 | 365 | 146 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 93 |
| 2012 | 366 | 104 | 256 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 133 |
| 2011 | 364 | 130 | 220 | 14 | 1 | 55 | 154 |
| 2010 | 365 | 165 | 193 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 150 |
Georgia compared
- Wilkinson Countythin data
- Fulton County6/yr
- Henry County4/yr
- Douglas County4/yr
- Rockdale County3/yr
- DeKalb County3/yr
- Dougherty County3/yr
- Muscogee County3/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, and on why a purifier does not touch ozone in smoke vs ozone.