Metro area air quality · 2025

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

Median AQI 36 (Good). 93.9% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.

36
Median AQI
93.9%
Good-air days
0
Unhealthy days
93%
Cleaner than US metros

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL posted a 2025 median AQI of 36 (Good) with 93.9% Good days

According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL CBSA recorded a median AQI of 36 across 360 monitored days in 2025, with 93.9% 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL CBSA's 93.9% Good-day share places it cleaner than 93% of US metros in 2025.
Closest median-AQI peer
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ (82.2% Good, median AQI 36) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL.
2020–2025 Good-day shift
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL's Good-day share moved -3.6 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +2).
Median AQI
Median AQI: 36

Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 360 monitored days. EPA AQS →

The verdict

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (93.9% of 360 monitored days). On the EPA scale the metro runs good, among the cleanest 10% of US metros, with a median AQI of 36 and 93.9% of 360 monitored days in the Good band.

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median AQI · Good
93.9%
days rated Good
93%
cleaner than US metros
84
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

2024 → 2025
  • Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro's peak single-day AQI rose from 74 to 84 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +10 points.

Compared against 366 monitored days in 2024 and 360 in 2025. These are arithmetic differences between two stored EPA annual summaries, not a cause claim or a live advisory.

National release changes Two-year CSV

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (93.9% of 360 monitored days). Signature read: 93.9% Good-day share (high tercile vs CBSA corpus). Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 36 over 360 measured days in 2025 (Good / Excellent). The monitored-day split lands at 338 Good (94%), 22 Moderate (6%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 48; the highest single-day reading hit 84 (Moderate).

Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -3.6 points and median AQI moved +2 (worsening). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ (82.2% good, AQI 36); Barnstable Town, MA (93.7% good, AQI 36); Bemidji, MN (79.1% good, AQI 36).

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Air Quality Summary

Median AQI

36

Good

Good Days

93.9%

338 of 360 days

Max AQI

84

Moderate

Health Grade

Excellent

90th pct: 48

AQI Day Breakdown (2025)

Distribution of 360 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.

Good

338

94%

Moderate

22

6%

USG

0

0%

Unhealthy

0

0%

Very Unhealthy

0

0%

Hazardous

0

0%

Health Impact Assessment

Excellent

The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area's air quality is rated Excellent based on 93.9% 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro compare?

How Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL compares

Good-day share better than typical
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 93.9%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 82.2%
Typical US metro 70.6%
Median AQI better than typical
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 36
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 36
Typical US metro 41
Unhealthy days / yr better than typical
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 0
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 0
Typical US metro 1

5-Year Air Quality Trend

Air quality is worsening in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro. Highest Good-day share: 2021 (98.4%, 359 of 365 monitored days).

Year Good Moderate Unhealthy Median AQI
2020 355 9 0 34
2021 359 6 0 33
2022 155 15 0 39
2023 218 23 0 37
2024 341 25 0 36
2025 338 22 0 36

Metros with a similar median AQI

CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL (36).

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

Median AQI 36 · 82.2% Good-day share

36

Barnstable Town, MA

Median AQI 36 · 93.7% Good-day share

36

Bemidji, MN

Median AQI 36 · 79.1% Good-day share

36

Claremont-Lebanon, NH-VT

Median AQI 36 · 83.6% Good-day share

36

East Stroudsburg, PA

Median AQI 36 · 88.3% Good-day share

36

Jackson, TN

Median AQI 36 · 74.3% Good-day share

36

Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure

A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL's 0 (independent of median AQI).

Aberdeen, SD

0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27

27

Aberdeen, WA

0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 22

22

Adrian, MI

0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41

41

Akron, OH

0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 45

45

Albany, GA

0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 46

46

Albany, OR

0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27

27

Frequently Asked Questions

How many unhealthy air days does Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL have? ▼
In 2025, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area recorded 0 unhealthy air days (0 Unhealthy, 0 Very Unhealthy, 0 Hazardous). The maximum AQI reached 84.
What is the air quality in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area? ▼
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area has a median Air Quality Index (AQI) of 36, rated "Good." 93.9% of monitored days (338 out of 360) had good air quality in 2025.
Is air quality in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL getting better or worse? ▼
Air quality in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro is worsening across floor-qualifying years (2020-2025); years with fewer than 100 monitored days are excluded from that direction. Highest qualifying Good-day share: 2021 at 98.4% (359 of 365 days). Lowest qualifying Good-day share: 2023 at 90.5% (218 of 241 days).
What does AQI 36 mean for health? ▼
An AQI of 36 is "Good", air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk. This is the best category on the EPA's AQI scale.
How does Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL compare to other metro areas? ▼
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro has 93.9% good air days. Similar metros: Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ (82.2% good), Barnstable Town, MA (93.7% good), Bemidji, MN (79.1% good).
What is the 90th percentile AQI for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL? ▼
The 90th percentile AQI for the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area is 48, meaning 90% of monitored days had an AQI at or below this level. The maximum AQI recorded was 84 (Moderate).

Data Sources

Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, 2025. See our methodology for how AQI, median, and coverage figures are computed.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by CBSA summary, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL · 2020–2025