Metro area air quality · 2025
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Median AQI 33 (Good). 78.1% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 33
- Median AQI
- 78.1%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 63%
- Cleaner than US metros
Roanoke Rapids, NC posted a 2025 median AQI of 33 (Good) with 78.1% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Roanoke Rapids, NC CBSA recorded a median AQI of 33 across 351 monitored days in 2025, with 78.1% 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 Roanoke Rapids, NC CBSA's 78.1% Good-day share places it cleaner than 63% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Bangor, ME (84.2% Good, median AQI 33) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Roanoke Rapids, NC.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Roanoke Rapids, NC's Good-day share moved -6.1 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +4).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 33
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 351 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
The Roanoke Rapids, NC metro runs good on the EPA scale, cleaner than the median US metro, a median AQI of 33 with 78.1% of 351 monitored days in the Good band.
- 33
- median AQI · Good
- 78.1%
- days rated Good
- 63%
- cleaner than US metros
- 79
- worst single reading
No day crossed into the Unhealthy tier across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Insights: Roanoke Rapids, NC metro. Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 33 over 351 measured days in 2025, which corresponds to a Good band and a Good metro-wide health grade. The monitored-day split lands at 274 Good days (78%), 77 Moderate (22%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 55 while the highest single-day reading hit 79 (Moderate). Metro residents averaged roughly 23.4 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 -6.1 points and the median AQI moved +4 points, which classifies the multi-year trajectory as worsening. The metro recorded no Unhealthy-tier days in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Bangor, ME (84.2% good, AQI 33); Clarksburg, WV (72.4% good, AQI 33); Grants Pass, OR (68.2% good, AQI 33).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
33
Good
Good Days
78.1%
274 of 351 days
Max AQI
79
Moderate
Health Grade
Good
90th pct: 55
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 351 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
274
78%
Moderate
77
22%
USG
0
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Roanoke Rapids, NC metro area's air quality is rated Good based on 78.1% 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 Roanoke Rapids, NC metro compare?
How Roanoke Rapids, NC compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Roanoke Rapids, NC metro. Highest Good-day share: 2020 (84.2%, 303 of 360 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 303 | 57 | 0 | 29 | 90 |
| 2021 | 270 | 93 | 0 | 34 | 94 |
| 2022 | 284 | 78 | 0 | 33 | 71 |
| 2023 | 256 | 108 | 0 | 37 | 134 |
| 2024 | 289 | 77 | 0 | 32 | 82 |
| 2025 | 274 | 77 | 0 | 33 | 79 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Roanoke Rapids, NC (33).
Bangor, ME
Median AQI 33 · 84.2% Good-day share
Clarksburg, WV
Median AQI 33 · 72.4% Good-day share
Grants Pass, OR
Median AQI 33 · 68.2% Good-day share
Lawrenceburg, TN
Median AQI 33 · 81.5% Good-day share
Rockland, ME
Median AQI 33 · 97.8% Good-day share
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
Median AQI 33 · 99.2% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Roanoke Rapids, NC'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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