Metro area air quality · 2025
Utica-Rome, NY
Median AQI 27 (Good). 84.4% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 27
- Median AQI
- 84.4%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 76%
- Cleaner than US metros
Utica-Rome, NY posted a 2025 median AQI of 27 (Good) with 84.4% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Utica-Rome, NY CBSA recorded a median AQI of 27 across 353 monitored days in 2025, with 84.4% 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 Utica-Rome, NY CBSA's 84.4% Good-day share places it cleaner than 76% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Aberdeen, SD (83.6% Good, median AQI 27) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Utica-Rome, NY.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Utica-Rome, NY's Good-day share moved -8.4 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +6).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 27
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 353 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Utica-Rome, NY sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (84.4% of 353 monitored days). On the EPA scale the metro runs good, cleaner than most US metros, with a median AQI of 27 and 84.4% of 353 monitored days in the Good band.
- 27
- median AQI · Good
- 84.4%
- days rated Good
- 76%
- cleaner than US metros
- 99
- 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
- Utica-Rome, NY metro's peak single-day AQI rose from 68 to 99 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +31 points.
- Utica-Rome, NY metro's Good-day share fell from 86.0% to 84.4% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -1.5 percentage points.
Utica-Rome, NY sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (84.4% of 353 monitored days). Signature read: 84.4% 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 27 over 353 measured days in 2025 (Good / Good). The monitored-day split lands at 298 Good (84%), 55 Moderate (16%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 54; the highest single-day reading hit 99 (Moderate).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -8.4 points and median AQI moved +6 (worsening). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Aberdeen, SD (83.6% good, AQI 27); Albany, OR (80.0% good, AQI 27); Anchorage, AK (77.5% good, AQI 27).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
27
Good
Good Days
84.4%
298 of 353 days
Max AQI
99
Moderate
Health Grade
Good
90th pct: 54
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 353 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
298
84%
Moderate
55
16%
USG
0
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Utica-Rome, NY metro area's air quality is rated Good based on 84.4% 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 Utica-Rome, NY metro compare?
How Utica-Rome, NY compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Utica-Rome, NY metro. Highest Good-day share: 2020 (92.8%, 324 of 349 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 324 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 81 |
| 2021 | 311 | 35 | 0 | 25 | 107 |
| 2022 | 288 | 44 | 0 | 26 | 83 |
| 2023 | 275 | 70 | 3 | 32 | 190 |
| 2024 | 300 | 49 | 0 | 27 | 68 |
| 2025 | 298 | 55 | 0 | 27 | 99 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Utica-Rome, NY (27).
Aberdeen, SD
Median AQI 27 · 83.6% Good-day share
Albany, OR
Median AQI 27 · 80.0% Good-day share
Anchorage, AK
Median AQI 27 · 77.5% Good-day share
La Grande, OR
Median AQI 27 · 84.4% Good-day share
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
Median AQI 27 · 93.5% Good-day share
Sheridan, WY
Median AQI 27 · 89.1% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Utica-Rome, NY's 0 (independent of median AQI).
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-Schenectady-Troy, NY
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
Alexandria, LA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 37
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset for Utica-Rome, NY, 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, Utica-Rome, NY · 2020–2025