SmogRank / Canada / British Columbia / Creston
Creston, month by month
Creston has a measured daily mean on 693 days since 10 May 2023. Its worst month was August 2026, at 80 US AQI (24.5 µg/m³), 171st of 2,896 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2026, at 14 US AQI (2.5 µg/m³).
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
21 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 5 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 6 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2026 | 1 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 28 with no readings from the monitor, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Feb 2026 | No day measured. The others: 28 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jan 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Dec 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Nov 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Oct 2025 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 23 with no readings from the monitor, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Apr 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 9 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | No day measured. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Nov 2024 | 13 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 16 with no readings from the monitor, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| May 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Apr 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Mar 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor, 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2024 | No day measured. The others: 28 with no readings from the monitor, 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Jan 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Dec 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Nov 2023 | 1 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 28 with no readings from the monitor, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| May 2023 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitor, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Creston's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 8024.5 µg/m³ | 171stof 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 | 7120.1 µg/m³ | 122ndof 1,980 | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| September 2025 | 6416.1 µg/m³ | 312thof 3,104 | North-western United States and Canada, September 2025 North-western Canada and United States, September 2025and 1 more |
| July 2026 | 6114.4 µg/m³ | 560thof 2,784 | North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
| July 2024 | 5913.2 µg/m³ | 283rdof 2,566 | North-western United States and Canada, July 2024 |
| August 2024 | 478.5 µg/m³ | 1,041stof 2,010 | – |
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.
Creston's worst days
Daily means, the highest since 10 May 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, Creston, Canada, 10 May 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ca/creston/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Creston now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).