The smokiest counties

Ranked by days a year under medium or heavy smoke, last 10 years. Roseau County, MN, leads with 38.0.

  1. 1Roseau CountyMN38.0
  2. 2Cavalier CountyND37.8
  3. 3Rolette CountyND37.6
The smokiest counties
1Roseau County MN38.0902023
2Cavalier County ND37.8872023
3Rolette County ND37.6862023
4Pembina County ND37.5882023
5Kittson County MN37.4912023
6Bottineau County ND37.2842023
7Towner County ND37.2862023
8Nelson County ND37.1842023
9Renville County ND36.7782023
10Walsh County ND36.7882023
11Ramsey County ND36.7842023
12Pierce County ND36.5842023
13Marshall County MN36.4852023
14Divide County ND36.4812023
15Pennington County MN36.3852023
16Burke County ND36.2762023
17McHenry County ND36.2782023
18Benson County ND36.1822023
19Red Lake County MN36.1852023
20Eddy County ND36.0792023
21Grand Forks County ND36.0852023
22Polk County MN36.0832023
23Steele County ND35.9822023
24Lake of the Woods County MN35.9892023
25Ward County ND35.8762023
26Norman County MN35.7802023
27Griggs County ND35.7812023
28Traill County ND35.7812023
29Clay County MN35.5792023
30Foster County ND35.5772023
31Cass County ND35.3792023
32Mountrail County ND35.0732023
33Barnes County ND35.0782023
34Sheridan County MT34.8772023
35Otter Tail County MN34.8802023
36Mahnomen County MN34.8812023
37Beltrami County MN34.6852023
38Stutsman County ND34.5752023
39Kidder County ND34.5712023
40Daniels County MT34.5782023
41Sheridan County ND34.4752023
42Williams County ND34.4722023
43Becker County MN34.4802023
44Wells County ND34.4782023
45Clearwater County MN34.4842023
46LaMoure County ND34.3752023
47Roosevelt County MT34.3742023
48Hubbard County MN34.2832023
49Day County SD34.2762023
50Ransom County ND34.2762023
51Sargent County ND34.1742023
52Richland County ND34.1772023
53Wilkin County MN34.1772023
54Wadena County MN34.0822023
55Marshall County SD34.0752023
56Logan County ND33.9702023
57Grant County MN33.9772023
58Itasca County MN33.9892023
59Koochiching County MN33.8902023
60McKenzie County ND33.8712023
61Dawson County MT33.8642023
62Dickey County ND33.8732023
63McPherson County SD33.8702023
64Douglas County MN33.7802023
65Stevens County MN33.7782023
66Burleigh County ND33.7662023
67Morton County ND33.6672023
68McLean County ND33.6702023
69Brown County SD33.6702023
70McIntosh County ND33.5692023
71McCone County MT33.5672023
72Lake County MN33.4882023
73Traverse County MN33.4782023
74Todd County MN33.4802023
75Edmunds County SD33.4672023
76Roberts County SD33.3762023
77Oliver County ND33.3692023
78Richland County MT33.2672023
79Cass County MN33.2822023
80Cook County MN33.1882023
81Valley County MT33.1702023
82Emmons County ND33.0672023
83Wibaux County MT33.0632023
84Faulk County SD32.9632023
85St. Louis County MN32.9872023
86Sioux County ND32.9652023
87Swift County MN32.9802023
88Fallon County MT32.9632021
89Dunn County ND32.8662023
90Big Stone County MN32.8772023
91Mercer County ND32.8692023
92Billings County ND32.8642023
93Pope County MN32.7782023
94Golden Valley County ND32.7622023
95Prairie County MT32.7632021
96Crow Wing County MN32.6822023
97Spink County SD32.6662023
98Corson County SD32.6602023
99Garfield County MT32.6642021
100Custer County MT32.6642021

Figures come from each place’s page and share its sources and rules; see the methodology.

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