Metro area air quality · 2025
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Median AQI 41 (Good). 67.7% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 41
- Median AQI
- 67.7%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 39%
- Cleaner than US metros
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY posted a 2025 median AQI of 41 (Good) with 67.7% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY CBSA recorded a median AQI of 41 across 365 monitored days in 2025, with 67.7% rated Good and 0 unhealthy or worse. This is an annual metro comparison, not a live advisory.
Data source EPA Air Quality System (AQS)
- Cleaner than US metros
- The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY CBSA's 67.7% Good-day share places it cleaner than 39% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Adrian, MI (69.3% Good, median AQI 41) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY's Good-day share moved +3.7 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI -2).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 41
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 365 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY's peak reading 136 is in the upper max-AQI tercile among CBSA metros here. On the EPA scale the metro runs good, more polluted than the median US metro, with a median AQI of 41 and 67.7% of 365 monitored days in the Good band.
- 41
- median AQI · Good
- 67.7%
- days rated Good
- 39%
- cleaner than US metros
- 136
- worst single reading
No day crossed into the Unhealthy tier across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Annual release change
What changed in the 2025 EPA annual release
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro's Good-day share fell from 76.7% to 68.6% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -8.1 percentage points.
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro's peak single-day AQI rose from 105 to 136 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +31 points.
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro's median AQI rose from 37 to 41 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +4 points.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY's peak reading 136 is in the upper max-AQI tercile among CBSA metros here. Signature read: peak AQI 136 (high tercile vs CBSA corpus). Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 41 over 365 measured days in 2025 (Good / Moderate). The monitored-day split lands at 247 Good (68%), 113 Moderate (31%), and 5 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (1%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 64; the highest single-day reading hit 136 (USG).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted +3.7 points and median AQI moved -2 (improving). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Adrian, MI (69.3% good, AQI 41); Ann Arbor, MI (69.3% good, AQI 41); Bowling Green, KY (75.6% good, AQI 41).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
41
Good
Good Days
67.7%
247 of 365 days
Max AQI
136
USG
Health Grade
Moderate
90th pct: 64
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 365 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
247
68%
Moderate
113
31%
USG
5
1%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 67.7% good air days. No unhealthy air days were recorded in 2025.
Air quality is generally acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should monitor real-time conditions at AirNow.gov during high-pollution events.
How does the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro compare?
How Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is improving in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro. Highest Good-day share: 2024 (76.7%, 280 of 365 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 235 | 127 | 0 | 43 | 143 |
| 2021 | 251 | 112 | 0 | 40 | 118 |
| 2022 | 275 | 90 | 0 | 40 | 88 |
| 2023 | 244 | 114 | 3 | 42 | 186 |
| 2024 | 280 | 85 | 0 | 37 | 105 |
| 2025 | 247 | 113 | 0 | 41 | 136 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (41).
Adrian, MI
Median AQI 41 · 69.3% Good-day share
Ann Arbor, MI
Median AQI 41 · 69.3% Good-day share
Bowling Green, KY
Median AQI 41 · 75.6% Good-day share
Brunswick, GA
Median AQI 41 · 74.3% Good-day share
Decatur, AL
Median AQI 41 · 78.4% Good-day share
Dover, DE
Median AQI 41 · 75.6% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY's 0 (independent of median AQI).
Aberdeen, SD
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
Aberdeen, WA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 22
Akron, OH
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 45
Albany, GA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 46
Albany, OR
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
Alexandria, LA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 37
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, 2025. 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 CBSA summary, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · 2020–2025