SmogRank / Canada / British Columbia / Duncan
Duncan, month by month
Duncan has a measured daily mean on 1,211 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was November 2023, at 53 US AQI (10.4 µg/m³), 535th of 2,243 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was March 2025, at 18 US AQI (3.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 32 US AQI (5.8 µg/m³), against 33 US AQI (5.9 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
6 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 2 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2026 | No day measured. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 9 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2025 | 15 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 15 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 | 1 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 2 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.
Duncan's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 535thof 2,243 | – |
| January 2025 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 1,086thof 2,474 | – |
| January 2024 | 519.2 µg/m³ | 990thof 2,385 | – |
| February 2024 | 519.1 µg/m³ | 812thof 2,486 | – |
| October 2023 | 509.0 µg/m³ | 488thof 2,012 | – |
| August 2023 | 468.2 µg/m³ | 958thof 1,980 | North-western United States and Canada, August 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.
Duncan's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2023 | 9029.8 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 27 Aug 2023 | 8125.2 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 26 Aug 2023 | 8024.4 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 25 Aug 2023 | 7622.7 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 1 Nov 2023 | 7622.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 29 Oct 2023 | 7522.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 17 Feb 2024 | 7019.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 21 Aug 2023 | 6919.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 2 Jan 2026 | 6918.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 30 Oct 2023 | 6818.4 µg/m³ | – |
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, Duncan, 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/duncan/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Duncan 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).