Air quality in Oklahoma
EPA monitors report from 24 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. That is the honest limit of this page: the other 53 are not measured, not clean. In 2025 the most affected monitored county was Love County, with 7 days above the moderate category.
24
Counties with monitors
53
Counties without
55
Days above moderate, 2025
Summed across monitored counties
11.5%
Adults with asthma
Population-weighted county estimate
County by county
Monitored Oklahoma counties
GoodModerateUnhealthy for sensitive groupsUnhealthyVery unhealthyHazardous
| County | 90th %ile AQI | Above moderate | Max AQI | 2025 days by category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love County | 80 | 7 | 169 | |
| Oklahoma County | 71 | 7 | 459 | |
| Comanche County | 67 | 4 | 131 | |
| Nowata County | 74 | 4 | 140 | |
| Cleveland County | 65 | 3 | 130 | |
| Jefferson County | 61 | 3 | 108 | |
| Johnston County | 71 | 3 | 119 | |
| Pittsburg County | 64 | 3 | 140 | |
| Adair County | 65 | 2 | 184 | |
| Canadian County | 61 | 2 | 115 | |
| Kay County | 57 | 2 | 141 | |
| Osage County | 61 | 2 | 105 | |
| Ottawa County | 66 | 2 | 305 | |
| Sequoyah County | 57 | 2 | 138 | |
| Tulsa County | 74 | 2 | 508 | |
| Washington County | 61 | 2 | 168 | |
| Carter County | 55 | 1 | 155 | |
| Dewey County | 71 | 1 | 164 | |
| Grant County | 53 | 1 | 105 | |
| McClain County | 67 | 1 | 126 | |
| Pontotoc County | 63 | 1 | 101 | |
| Creek County | 61 | 0 | 97 | |
| Kiowa County | 61 | 0 | 97 | |
| Mayes County | 49 | 0 | 87 |
EPA Air Quality System annual summaries by county, 2025. The 90th percentile AQI describes a day worse than nine out of ten, which is a steadier measure than the annual maximum a single wildfire can set.
Not measured
53 counties without a monitor
No EPA monitor reported from these counties, so there is no air quality record to publish. Their radon zone is known, and radon is measured in the building rather than the air outside it.
- Alfalfa County
- Atoka County
- Beaver County
- Beckham County
- Blaine County
- Bryan County
- Caddo County
- Cherokee County
- Choctaw County
- Cimarron County
- Coal County
- Cotton County
- Craig County
- Custer County
- Delaware County
- Ellis County
- Garfield County
- Garvin County
- Grady County
- Greer County
- Harmon County
- Harper County
- Haskell County
- Hughes County
- Jackson County
- Kingfisher County
- Latimer County
- Le Flore County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Major County
- Marshall County
- McCurtain County
- McIntosh County
- Murray County
- Muskogee County
- Noble County
- Okfuskee County
- Okmulgee County
- Pawnee County
- Payne County
- Pottawatomie County
- Pushmataha County
- Roger Mills County
- Rogers County
- Seminole County
- Stephens County
- Texas County
- Tillman County
- Wagoner County
- Washita County
- Woods County
- Woodward County
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