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Eight-hour ozone exceedences (1990-2008)

Locations and number of times in Virginia when air quality monitors have recorded ozone concentrations greater than 75 parts per billion, the health-based air quality standard measured over eight hours. "ND" indicates that no monitor was present.

Number of Ozone Exceedance Days by Site, 1990-2008(Based on 2008 revision to the 8-hour Ozone NAAQS, .075 ppm 8-hour average)

Monitor location '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08
RICHMOND AREA
Charles City County 14 15 13 35 14 16 14 35 33 36 5 18 31 9 4 9 7 8 11
Chesterfield County 5 5 10 27 15 14 13 28 25 24 10 13 26 8 2 7 4 5 7
Hanover County 14 31 22 43 23 26 6 34 39 38 ND 16 33 12 5 12 7 10 8
Henrico County 19 33 13 34 16 21 16 26 35 29 9 18 28 8 1 15 10 13 10
HAMPTON ROADS
Hampton 13 24 14 27 12 13 12 31 28 30 13 11 27 6 3 7 5 4 4
Suffolk
Holland
ND 9 8 30 11 11 2 25 17 20 19 3 21 6 2 6 0 5 4
Suffolk
Tidewater Community College
23 22 13 25 6 13 2 23 22 29 15 11 21 7 2 6 7 4 6
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Alexandria 10 9 6 24 13 17 3 18 25 22 5 13 23 6 6 10 14 11 3
Arlington County 18 38 19 29 24 27 15 27 25 36 9 20 36 9 10 18 17 19 8
Caroline County ND ND ND 33 17 11 9 25 28 30 7 15 13 6 3 10 8 11 6
Fairfax County
Annandale
ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 36 8 12 21 15 16 10
Fairfax County
Chantilly
ND ND 8 34 19 22 9 5 29 20 8 20 25 6 6 4 5 6 5
Fairfax County
Franconia
ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 25 34 3 22 37 8 11 16 18 14 6
Fairfax County
McLean
10 21 10 14 13 20 4 8 16 17 6 17 19 3 9 10 15 14 6
Fairfax County
Mount Vernon
22 50 20 37 18 27 26 10 27 32 11 24 28 6 10 18 23 16 7
Falls Church 5 49 18 30 26 24 10 23 33 23 7 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
Fauquier County 10 22 8 23 11 9 8 9 25 26 4 7 13 5 2 0 4 0 1
Loudoun County ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 41 31 4 20 43 9 8 6 14 14 8
Prince William County ND 24 8 26 5 23 12 17 29 25 7 13 27 6 4 0 9 5 2
Stafford County ND ND ND 20 17 22 13 22 31 39 9 17 22 6 3 11 8 10 1
VALLEY AREA
Frederick County ND ND 7 10 9 14 7 14 29 19 6 13 21 5 1 3 2 1 2
Page County ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 12 4 9 9 6 1 4 2 0 0
Rockbridge County ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 16 4 6 8 2 0 1 0 0 1
Albemarle County ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 3
Rockingham County ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 1 0
Shenandoah
National Park
Big Meadows
15 15 7 17 12 28 16 15 43 47 12 15 22 9 3 8 5 0 5
ROANOKE AREA
Roanoke County 3 6 2 12 15 7 1 15 38 22 9 13 23 5 1 4 6 5 1
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
Wythe County 12 5 1 15 6 9 4 12 18 14 9 4 14 7 1 3 0 2 1
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