Metro area air quality · 2025
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
Median AQI 42 (Good). 75.5% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 42
- Median AQI
- 75.5%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 57%
- Cleaner than US metros
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL posted a 2025 median AQI of 42 (Good) with 75.5% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL CBSA recorded a median AQI of 42 across 355 monitored days in 2025, with 75.5% 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 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL CBSA's 75.5% Good-day share places it cleaner than 57% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (66.8% Good, median AQI 42) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL's Good-day share moved -7.4 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +4).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 42
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 355 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL's peak reading 87 stays in the lower max-AQI tercile on this extract. On the EPA scale the metro runs good, cleaner than the median US metro, with a median AQI of 42 and 75.5% of 355 monitored days in the Good band.
- 42
- median AQI · Good
- 75.5%
- days rated Good
- 57%
- cleaner than US metros
- 87
- 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
- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro's Good-day share fell from 78.3% to 75.5% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -2.8 percentage points.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL's peak reading 87 stays in the lower max-AQI tercile on this extract. Signature read: peak AQI 87 (low tercile vs CBSA corpus). Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 42 over 355 measured days in 2025 (Good / Good). The monitored-day split lands at 268 Good (75%), 87 Moderate (25%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 55; the highest single-day reading hit 87 (Moderate).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -7.4 points and median AQI moved +4 (worsening). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (66.8% good, AQI 42); Amarillo, TX (78.4% good, AQI 42); Carson City, NV (86.2% good, AQI 42).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
42
Good
Good Days
75.5%
268 of 355 days
Max AQI
87
Moderate
Health Grade
Good
90th pct: 55
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 355 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
268
75%
Moderate
87
25%
USG
0
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area's air quality is rated Good based on 75.5% 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 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro compare?
How Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro. Highest Good-day share: 2021 (88.6%, 248 of 280 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 223 | 46 | 0 | 38 | 74 |
| 2021 | 248 | 32 | 0 | 37 | 63 |
| 2022 | 237 | 44 | 0 | 39 | 97 |
| 2023 | 236 | 111 | 0 | 43 | 90 |
| 2024 | 278 | 77 | 0 | 40 | 90 |
| 2025 | 268 | 87 | 0 | 42 | 87 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL (42).
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
Median AQI 42 · 66.8% Good-day share
Amarillo, TX
Median AQI 42 · 78.4% Good-day share
Carson City, NV
Median AQI 42 · 86.2% Good-day share
Casper, WY
Median AQI 42 · 86.3% Good-day share
Clarksville, TN-KY
Median AQI 42 · 72.0% Good-day share
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
Median AQI 42 · 81.4% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL'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
Adrian, MI
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
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
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset for Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, 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, Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL · 2020–2025