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Legend Colors

Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

an indicator guage with the arrow in the green the value is in the best half of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

green circle with white tick inside it meets target; red circle with white cross inside it does not meet target.

Compared to a Single Value

green diamond with downward arrow inside it lower than the comparison value; red diamond with downward arrow inside it higher than the comparison value; blue diamond with downward arrow inside it not statistically different from comparison value.

Trend

green square outline with upward trending arrow inside it green square outline with downward trending arrow inside it non-significant change over time; green square with upward trending arrow inside it green square with downward trending arrow inside it significant change over time; blue square with equals sign no change over time.

Compared to Prior Value

green triangle with upward trending arrow inside it higher than the previous measurement period; green triangle with downward trending arrow inside it lower than the previous measurement period; blue equals sign no statistically different change  from previous measurement period.

green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

gray chart bars No data on significance available

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Average Median Air Quality Index

County: Monterey
Measurement Period: 2021
The Average Median Air Quality Index is the value in the middle of the list of all the values taken during the year, and taking one off the high side and low side of the list until one value remains. 
 
The lower the value the better: 0 is the best and most healthy and 500 is the worst and most unhealthy. See the table below to find what health level that value falls under!

Air Quality Index Health Levels & Bounds

Health Level Lower Bound Upper Bound
Very Healthy 0 50
Healthy 51 100
Fair (unhealthy for sensitive groups) 101 150
Unhealthy 151 200
Very Unhealthy 201 300
Hazardous 301 500

County: Monterey

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AQI Units
Source: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality Index (AQI) Report
Measurement period: 2021
Maintained by: County of Monterey
Last update: April 2022
Filter(s) for this location: State: California

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Filed under: Environmental Health / Air, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Environmental Health / Wildlife, Physical Determinants of Health