Cascade-Chipita Park, Colorado Air Quality
Cascade-Chipita Park air quality today — the AQI, the main pollutant, and whether it’s safe to exercise outside right now
Cascade-Chipita Park, CO · Air quality right now
The air quality index in Cascade-Chipita Park, CO is 34 (Good) right now — safe for outdoor activity.
Is it safe to be outside in Cascade-Chipita Park today?
AQI 34 Yes — air quality is Good
Air is clean — great for outdoor activity.Main pollutant: OzoneObserved 9:00 AM MDT
Pollutants right now
- PM2.52.0 µg/m³fine particles — smoke, exhaust, soot
- PM103.3 µg/m³coarse particles — dust, pollen, ash
- Ozone77 µg/m³Main pollutantsmog — builds on hot, sunny days
- NO₂1.7 µg/m³nitrogen dioxide — traffic, combustion
ExerciseOK to run — no air-quality limits on outdoor exercise.
How to read Cascade-Chipita Park’s air quality
Guides: The AQI Scale, Explained · Air Quality Alerts, Decoded · How to Read a Wildfire Smoke Map · Why Wildfire Smoke Travels 1,000 Miles.
Air quality over time in Cascade-Chipita Park
Across the EPA’s county records from 2020 to 2025, Cascade-Chipita Park’s cleanest year was 2020 (median AQI 46) and its most polluted was 2024 (median AQI 49); the typical (median) day has held roughly steady since 2020.
| Year | Median AQI | Unhealthy+ | Main pollutant | USG | Moderate | Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | 1 | Ozone | 6 | 118 | 241 |
| 2021 | 47 | 0 | Ozone | 28 | 113 | 224 |
| 2022 | 46 | 0 | Ozone | 2 | 114 | 249 |
| 2023 | 47 | 1 | Ozone | 1 | 123 | 240 |
| 2024 | 49 | 2 | Ozone | 12 | 150 | 202 |
| 2025 | 46 | 0 | Ozone | 0 | 116 | 249 |
“USG” is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (AQI 101–150); “Unhealthy+” combines the Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, and Hazardous days. In 2024 the EPA tightened the annual fine-particle (PM2.5) standard to 9 µg/m³ from the previous 12 µg/m³, so counties near the old limit read worse against the new one. Source: EPA AQS annual summaries, 2020–2025.
Frequently asked
- What was the worst year for air quality in Cascade-Chipita Park?
- In the EPA's 2020–2025 county records, 2021 had the most days above AQI 100: 28 days (28 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, 0 Unhealthy or worse). The highest median AQI came in 2024 (49; 2021's was 47).
- How many unhealthy air days does Cascade-Chipita Park have?
- Across 2020–2025, 2% of the days reported for Cascade-Chipita Park's county had an AQI above 100 (53 of 2192), about 9 days a year. 2025 had 0 days.
- What's the main air pollutant in Cascade-Chipita Park?
- Ozone: it drove Cascade-Chipita Park's county AQI on the most days in every year of the EPA's 2020–2025 records.