CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Mecklenburg County officials said that the county saw no smog or “code orange” air quality days in 2025 for the first time on record.
“When I started with the county, we had over 50 unhealthy air quality days in 2005,” said Megan Green, air quality program manager for Mecklenburg County.
Officials said even with gradual improvements, Mecklenburg County still averaged at least five smog or “unhealthy air quality days” a year. The county credits favorable weather conditions, fewer wildfires, less fireworks, and county programs aimed at cutting down major pollutants like ground-level ozone and particle pollution for why the county did not experience any unhealthy air quality days in 2025…