Metro area air quality · 2025
Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY
Median AQI 36 (Good). 89.0% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 36
- Median AQI
- 89.0%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 84%
- Cleaner than US metros
Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY posted a 2025 median AQI of 36 (Good) with 89.0% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY CBSA recorded a median AQI of 36 across 356 monitored days in 2025, with 89.0% 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY CBSA's 89.0% Good-day share places it cleaner than 84% 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY's Good-day share moved -2.2 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +0).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 36
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 356 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
The Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY metro runs good on the EPA scale, cleaner than most US metros, a median AQI of 36 with 89.0% of 356 monitored days in the Good band.
- 36
- median AQI · Good
- 89.0%
- days rated Good
- 84%
- cleaner than US metros
- 108
- worst single reading
No day crossed into the Unhealthy tier across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Insights: Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY metro. Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 36 over 356 measured days in 2025, which corresponds to a Good band and a Good metro-wide health grade. The monitored-day split lands at 317 Good days (89%), 38 Moderate (11%), and 1 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 52 while the highest single-day reading hit 108 (USG). Metro residents averaged roughly 26.7 clean-air days per 30-day window across the reporting year.
Across the 2020–2025 trend window, the share of monitored days rated Good shifted by -2.2 points and the median AQI moved +0 points, which classifies the multi-year trajectory as stable. The metro recorded no Unhealthy-tier days 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).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
36
Good
Good Days
89.0%
317 of 356 days
Max AQI
108
USG
Health Grade
Good
90th pct: 52
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 356 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
317
89%
Moderate
38
11%
USG
1
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY metro area's air quality is rated Good based on 89.0% 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY metro compare?
How Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is stable in the Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY metro. Highest Good-day share: 2022 (91.7%, 322 of 351 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 332 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 93 |
| 2021 | 300 | 60 | 0 | 38 | 105 |
| 2022 | 322 | 29 | 0 | 36 | 140 |
| 2023 | 322 | 36 | 0 | 37 | 133 |
| 2024 | 326 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 105 |
| 2025 | 317 | 38 | 0 | 36 | 108 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY (36).
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
Median AQI 36 · 82.2% Good-day share
Barnstable Town, MA
Median AQI 36 · 93.7% Good-day share
Bemidji, MN
Median AQI 36 · 79.1% Good-day share
Claremont-Lebanon, NH-VT
Median AQI 36 · 83.6% Good-day share
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Median AQI 36 · 93.9% Good-day share
East Stroudsburg, PA
Median AQI 36 · 88.3% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, 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
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, 2020–2025. 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 files (metro-level) · 2020–2025
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