Alaska · County air quality · 2025
North Slope County, Alaska
Limited EPA sample: 85 monitored days, below the 100-day floor for a full-year verdict. The figures below describe only those reported days.
- 7
- Sample median AQI
- 97.7%
- Good in sample
- 0
- Unhealthy in sample
- 85
- 100-day comparison floor
North Slope County has only 85 EPA-monitored days in 2025, below the 100-day annual floor
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, North Slope County, Alaska reported 85 monitored days in 2025. That sample is too thin for a full-year air-quality grade or peer ranking. Use the figures only as the reported-day record, and check AirNow for current conditions.
Data source EPA Air Quality System (AQS)
- Monitored days
- North Slope County reported 85 monitored days in 2025, below the 100-day floor: sample-only, not a full-year peer rank.
- Sample median AQI
- Sample median AQI: 7
- Annual floor
- Annual floor: 100
Annual release change
What changed in the 2024 EPA annual release
- North Slope County's peak single-day AQI fell from 77 to 32 between the 2023 and 2024 EPA annual releases, a change of -45 points.
Data updated August 2026
- Good · 83 d · 97.6%
- Moderate · 2 d · 2.4%
How did North Slope County's reported sample break down in 2025?
Across 85 monitored days, 83 fell in the Good band (AQI 0–50) and 0 reached Unhealthy or worse. The worst single day peaked at AQI 72 (Moderate).
EPA AQS →Pollutant Breakdown
Days where each pollutant was the primary driver of AQI readings in North Slope County.
- PM2.5 · 85 days · 100.0%
Sample Coverage and Health Context
North Slope County has no annual health grade because only 85 days were reported, below the 100-day floor. The 97.7% Good-day share describes only that sample.
Reported days do not reveal what happened during unmonitored parts of the year, including seasonal smoke, ozone, or inversion periods. Use these values as a description of the available EPA sample only, and check AirNow.gov for current health guidance.
The dominant pollutant is PM2.5, driving AQI on 85 of 85 monitored days.
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is stable in North Slope County. Highest Good-day share: 2024 (100.0%, 120 of 120 monitored days). The 2025 row is shown for transparency but excluded from the direction because it has fewer than 100 monitored days.
| Year | Good | Moderate | USG | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 54 |
| 2021 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 53 |
| 2022 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 170 |
| 2023 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77 |
| 2024 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32 |
| 2025 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 72 |
Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by County dataset, 2020–2025 (aqs.epa.gov). For current conditions (not shown here — this page is historical annual data), see EPA AirNow (airnow.gov). See our methodology for how AQI, median, and coverage figures are computed.
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Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by county summary files for North Slope County, Alaska · 2020–2025
Download this county's annual AQI row as CSV , with the same EPA fields and denominator shown on this page.
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