Air quality in United States
Air quality in West Virginia today
Updated
Good: average US AQI 42 across 2 cities in West Virginia Worst now: Huntington (42); cleanest: Charleston, WV (42).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across West Virginia, compared with the United States average.
- Average US AQI
- 42 Good
- United States average
- 51 619 cities
- Most polluted now
- Huntington AQI 42
- Cleanest now
- Charleston, WV AQI 42
- Cities above 100
- 0
Air quality in West Virginia today
Right now the modelled air quality in West Virginia averages a US AQI of 42 (Good) across the 2 cities we track. By category: 2 Good (of 2).
That is 9 points cleaner than the United States average of 51, ranking 21 of 51 states from cleanest to most polluted.
Huntington has the worst air at 42 (PM2.5 5.6 µg/m³), and Charleston, WV the cleanest at 42. No tracked city is above 100, so no group needs to change plans.
West Virginia cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington | 42 | Good | 5.6 | 7 | 91 |
| Charleston | 42 | Good | 7.2 | 9 | 86 |
What the US AQI numbers mean
| US AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500. |
Modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, refreshed twice a day; read hour by hour from the forecast.
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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).