Metro area air quality · 2025
Palatka, FL
Median AQI 21 (Good). 95.6% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 21
- Median AQI
- 95.6%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 96%
- Cleaner than US metros
Palatka, FL posted a 2025 median AQI of 21 (Good) with 95.6% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Palatka, FL CBSA recorded a median AQI of 21 across 365 monitored days in 2025, with 95.6% 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 Palatka, FL CBSA's 95.6% Good-day share places it cleaner than 96% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI (98.1% Good, median AQI 21) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Palatka, FL.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Palatka, FL's Good-day share moved -4.1 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +7).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 21
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 365 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Palatka, FL sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (95.6% of 365 monitored days). On the EPA scale the metro runs good, among the cleanest 10% of US metros, with a median AQI of 21 and 95.6% of 365 monitored days in the Good band.
- 21
- median AQI · Good
- 95.6%
- days rated Good
- 96%
- cleaner than US metros
- 69
- 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
- Palatka, FL metro's peak single-day AQI fell from 112 to 69 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -43 points.
- Palatka, FL metro's Good-day share rose from 91.4% to 95.6% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +4.2 percentage points.
- Palatka, FL metro's median AQI fell from 25 to 21 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -4 points.
Palatka, FL sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (95.6% of 365 monitored days). Signature read: 95.6% 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 21 over 365 measured days in 2025 (Good / Excellent). The monitored-day split lands at 349 Good (96%), 16 Moderate (4%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 43; the highest single-day reading hit 69 (Moderate).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -4.1 points and median AQI moved +7 (worsening). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI (98.1% good, AQI 21); Othello, WA (90.5% good, AQI 21); Aberdeen, WA (97.3% good, AQI 22).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
21
Good
Good Days
95.6%
349 of 365 days
Max AQI
69
Moderate
Health Grade
Excellent
90th pct: 43
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 365 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
349
96%
Moderate
16
4%
USG
0
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Palatka, FL metro area's air quality is rated Excellent based on 95.6% 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 Palatka, FL metro compare?
How Palatka, FL compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Palatka, FL metro. Highest Good-day share: 2021 (100.0%, 340 of 340 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 365 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 67 |
| 2021 | 340 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 46 |
| 2022 | 321 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 58 |
| 2023 | 355 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 54 |
| 2024 | 329 | 31 | 0 | 25 | 112 |
| 2025 | 349 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 69 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Palatka, FL (21).
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
Median AQI 21 · 98.1% Good-day share
Othello, WA
Median AQI 21 · 90.5% Good-day share
Aberdeen, WA
Median AQI 22 · 97.3% Good-day share
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
Median AQI 22 · 95.5% Good-day share
Centralia, WA
Median AQI 20 · 91.3% Good-day share
Gardnerville Ranchos, NV
Median AQI 22 · 91.1% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Palatka, FL's 0 (independent of median AQI).
Aberdeen, SD
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
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
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset for Palatka, FL, 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, Palatka, FL · 2020–2025