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Most polluted cities in North Carolina, United States, January 2024
17 cities in North Carolina, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Durham at 10.3 µg/m³, #850 of 2,341 cities in the world. Cleanest: Roanoke Rapids at 4.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.
- 1Fayetteville 3%
- 2Durham 0%
- 3Lexington 0%
- 4Clemmons 0%
- 5Greensboro 0%
- 6Raleigh 0%
- 7Hickory 0%
- 8Marvin 0%
- 8Winston-Salem 0%
- 10Charlotte 0%
- 11Morrisville 0%
- 12Murraysville 0%
- 13Clayton 0%
- 14Tarboro 0%
- 15Greenville 0%
- 16Asheville 0%
- 17Roanoke Rapids 0%
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
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