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The colored gauge gives a visual representation of how your community is doing in comparison to other communities. The three-colored dial represents the distribution of values from the reporting regions (e.g. counties in the state) ordered from those doing the best to those doing the worst (sometimes lower values are better and in other cases higher values are better). From that distribution, the green represents the top 50th percentile, the yellow represents the 25th to 50th percentile, and the red represents the "worst" quartile.

This gauge shows how the Whatcom County value compares with the median or mean value for all counties in the state (or all US counties). The gauge is blue and white when being higher (or lower) is not necessarily good or bad and is multi-colored when being higher (or lower) is good or bad.

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Did You Know?

According to the Northwest Clean Air Agency, the main sources of air pollution in Washington are motor vehicles (over 50%) and smoke from outdoor burning and wood stoves. In the private sector, transportation often is the largest contributor to greenhouse gases.

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Good

Pollutant: Particles (PM2.5)

Observed at:
01/27/12 11:00 PST

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