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Quesnel, month by month

Quesnel has a measured daily mean on 1,228 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was September 2023, at 94 US AQI (32.0 µg/m³), 30th of 2,176 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2024, at 29 US AQI (5.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 49 US AQI (8.9 µg/m³), against 47 US AQI (8.5 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202643 so far240 days measured1,911th of 2,791 in the world
202363 for the year292 days measured118th of 1,355 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Quesnel's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Quesnel marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

4 months
MonthWhy
May 202619 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 7 with no readings from the monitor, 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 1 with readings left out by our checks.
Jan 202615 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with no readings from the monitor.
Mar 202311 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive.
Feb 20231 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Quesnel's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
September 2023 9432.0 µg/m³30 of 3030thof 2,176Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, Canada, September 2023
Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
July 2023 8527.1 µg/m³24 of 3149thof 1,432Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada, July 2023
Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, July 2023
August 2023 8024.8 µg/m³30 of 3178thof 1,980Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
September 2025 7320.7 µg/m³30 of 30201stof 3,104North-western Canada and United States, September 2025
North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025
May 2023 6416.2 µg/m³26 of 31130thof 1,600Northern United States and Canada, May 2023
July 2026 6215.2 µg/m³23 of 31510thof 2,784North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026

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.

Quesnel's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
3 Sept 2023 294219.0 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
12 Jul 2023 252177.0 µg/m³Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada, July 2023
4 Sept 2023 208133.0 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
16 Sept 2023 202127.0 µg/m³Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, Canada, September 2023
17 May 2023 18096.2 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, May 2023
16 May 2023 16474.1 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, May 2023
17 Sept 2023 16473.8 µg/m³Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, Canada, September 2023
11 Jul 2023 16068.8 µg/m³Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada, July 2023
8 Sept 2025 16068.2 µg/m³North-western Canada and United States, September 2025
10 Jul 2023 15763.8 µg/m³Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada, July 2023

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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Quesnel, 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/quesnel/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Quesnel 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).