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PM2.5 Daily Standard Design Values for 2008-2010 in NC Counties

Table 1. The following table shows 3-year averages for the 98th percentile of PM2.5 concentrations. The first column lists the county; the second lists the average value for that county (rounded to the specifications of the standard). In Counties with more than one PM2.5 monitoring site, the value reported is the highest 3-year average among the inclusive sites. All counties are attaining the national standard.

County Average 98th Percentile
Alamance 22 µg/m3
Buncombe 20 µg/m3
Caswell 19 µg/m3
Catawba 23 µg/m3
Chatham 20 µg/m3
Cumberland 23 µg/m3
Davidson 23 µg/m3
Duplin 19 µg/m3
Durham 21 µg/m3
Edgecombe 21 µg/m3
Forsyth 23 µg/m3
Gaston 22 µg/m3
Guilford 22 µg/m3
Haywood 23 µg/m3
Jackson 20 µg/m3
Lenoir 20 µg/m3
Martin 21 µg/m3
McDowell 21 µg/m3
Mecklenburg 24 µg/m3
Mitchell 19 µg/m3
Montgomery 21 µg/m3
Pitt 21 µg/m3
Robeson 22 µg/m3
Rowan 22 µg/m3
Swain 20 µg/m3
Wake 22 µg/m3
Watauga 17 µg/m3
Wayne 22 µg/m3

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