Metro area air quality · 2025
Wheeling, WV-OH
Median AQI 46 (Good). 57.4% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 46
- Median AQI
- 57.4%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 21%
- Cleaner than US metros
Wheeling, WV-OH posted a 2025 median AQI of 46 (Good) with 57.4% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Wheeling, WV-OH CBSA recorded a median AQI of 46 across 324 monitored days in 2025, with 57.4% 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 Wheeling, WV-OH CBSA's 57.4% Good-day share places it cleaner than 21% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Albany, GA (57.3% Good, median AQI 46) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Wheeling, WV-OH.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Wheeling, WV-OH's Good-day share moved -27.1 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +10).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 46
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 324 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
The Wheeling, WV-OH metro runs good on the EPA scale, among the more polluted US metros, a median AQI of 46 with 57.4% of 324 monitored days in the Good band.
- 46
- median AQI · Good
- 57.4%
- days rated Good
- 21%
- cleaner than US metros
- 123
- 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
- Wheeling, WV-OH metro's Good-day share fell from 66.4% to 57.6% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -8.8 percentage points.
- Wheeling, WV-OH metro's peak single-day AQI rose from 84 to 123 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +39 points.
Insights: Wheeling, WV-OH metro. Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 46 over 324 measured days in 2025, which corresponds to a Good band and a Moderate metro-wide health grade. The monitored-day split lands at 186 Good days (57%), 137 Moderate (42%), and 1 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 64 while the highest single-day reading hit 123 (USG). Metro residents averaged roughly 17.2 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 -27.1 points (measured against 365 monitored days in 2020 and 323 in 2025, so raw day counts are not comparable) and the median AQI moved +10 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 Albany, GA (57.3% good, AQI 46); Athens-Clarke County, GA (57.8% good, AQI 46); Brookings, SD (58.6% good, AQI 46).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
46
Good
Good Days
57.4%
186 of 324 days
Max AQI
123
USG
Health Grade
Moderate
90th pct: 64
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 324 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
186
57%
Moderate
137
42%
USG
1
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Wheeling, WV-OH metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 57.4% 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 Wheeling, WV-OH metro compare?
How Wheeling, WV-OH compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro. Best year: 2020 (309 good days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 309 | 56 | 0 | 36 | 101 |
| 2021 | 149 | 215 | 0 | 53 | 121 |
| 2022 | 161 | 204 | 0 | 52 | 99 |
| 2023 | 154 | 206 | 1 | 52 | 213 |
| 2024 | 243 | 123 | 0 | 45 | 84 |
| 2025 | 186 | 137 | 0 | 46 | 123 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Wheeling, WV-OH (46).
Albany, GA
Median AQI 46 · 57.3% Good-day share
Athens-Clarke County, GA
Median AQI 46 · 57.8% Good-day share
Brookings, SD
Median AQI 46 · 58.6% Good-day share
Chico, CA
Median AQI 46 · 65.2% Good-day share
Colorado Springs, CO
Median AQI 46 · 68.2% Good-day share
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
Median AQI 46 · 56.7% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Wheeling, WV-OH'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, 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, 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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