This Southern California city ranked second for high ozone days out of 228 metropolitan areas and 12th for 24-hour particle pollution out of 217 metropolitan areas. Its pollution score was 173.
2016 34 NA 76 NA 2018.
Most air polluted cities in the us. Both are dangerous to public health and potentially deadly. One of six cities in California on the list of polluted cities Hanford-Corcoran came in eighth. 2014 34 NA 51 NA 2016 351 China.
2014 35 NA 47 NA 2018 346 India. Poor air quality has been a problem for years in California and the state retained its distinction of having the worst performing cities in the report with 10 of the 25 most polluted cities in. Bakersfield sits atop the list of Most Polluted Cities in America been rated for experiencing the highest average number of days with spikes in unhealthy air much more than any city in the country thereby becoming one of the Most Polluted Cities in the US 2021 at the number one spot.
The report highlights the two most widespread outdoor air pollutants. 2016 34 NA 55 NA 2018 350 China. 2016 35 NA 48 NA 2018 347 Iran.
2016 34 NA 55 NA 2018 349 China. Photo by Mica Asato from Pexels 18. Poor air quality is a huge problem in California and the Golden State retained its historic distinction of having the worst performing cities in the report home to 10 of the 25 most-polluted.
51 rows Major city US AQI Followers. 2016 34 NA 55 NA 2018 352 China. California cities topped all three lists with Los Angeles ranking worst in ozone pollution the Fresno metropolitan area worst in year-round particle pollution and Bakersfield worst in short-term.
2016 34 NA 51 NA 2018 353 India. Los Angeles is the worst US city for ozone for example but not when it comes to year-round particle pollution which is the ranking we use in this article. Madera has an average of 47 unhealthy smog days and 25 unhealthy soot days each year and none of that pollution is leaving the valley anytime soon.
EPA takes care of the air quality for many years and again we checked ozone pollution and particle-pollution just to make a comparison between the most polluted cities in. 2016 35 NA 81 NA 2018 348 China. In San Francisco nearly 200 miles south of Paradise fine particulate pollution reached nearly 200 micrograms per cubic meter at the worst hour according to.
Ground-level ozone pollution and particle pollution. Central Valley California has a few contenders for most polluted city in the US and Madera is one of them. Select your city name to open links to a chart of the trends for ozone and year-round particle levels as well as more information about air pollution and the local Lung Association.
