SmogRank / Canada / British Columbia / Cranbrook
Cranbrook, month by month
Cranbrook has a measured daily mean on 1,244 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2026, at 87 US AQI (28.2 µg/m³), 128th of 2,896 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2026, at 14 US AQI (2.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 41 US AQI (7.4 µg/m³), against 41 US AQI (7.3 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
5 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 2 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Cranbrook's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 8728.2 µg/m³ | 128thof 2,896 | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
| August 2023 | 7823.7 µg/m³ | 88thof 1,980 | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| September 2025 | 6818.2 µg/m³ | 253rdof 3,104 | North-western United States and Canada, September 2025 North-western Canada and United States, September 2025and 1 more |
| July 2026 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 632ndof 2,784 | North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
| November 2023 | 5611.7 µg/m³ | 335thof 2,243 | North-western United States and Canada, October and November 2023 |
| July 2023 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 467thof 1,432 | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Cranbrook's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2023 | 185104.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 19 Aug 2023 | 183101.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | 17893.4 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 20 Jul 2023 | 17488.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 17184.2 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 18 May 2023 | 16575.6 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May 2023 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 16068.4 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 15967.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 8 Aug 2026 | 15763.8 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 15358.5 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Cranbrook, Canada, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ca/cranbrook/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Cranbrook now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).