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Smithers, month by month
Smithers has a measured daily mean on 1,185 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2023, at 56 US AQI (11.9 µg/m³), 412th of 1,432 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2026, at 16 US AQI (2.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 33 US AQI (6.0 µg/m³), against 38 US AQI (6.8 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 |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 5 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 4 with no readings from the monitor, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2026 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 with no readings from the monitor, 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jan 2026 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with no readings from the monitor. |
| 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: 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.
Smithers's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | 5611.9 µg/m³ | 412thof 1,432 | Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, July 2023 |
| August 2023 | 5611.7 µg/m³ | 375thof 1,980 | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| February 2024 | 5511.0 µg/m³ | 558thof 2,486 | – |
| January 2023 | 5310.2 µg/m³ | 461stof 1,261 | – |
| November 2023 | 529.9 µg/m³ | 643rdof 2,243 | – |
| October 2023 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 385thof 2,012 | – |
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.
Smithers's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2023 | 13750.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 18 May 2023 | 13348.3 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May 2023 |
| 25 Aug 2023 | 13147.8 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 10 Sept 2023 | 11440.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 8 Jul 2023 | 11039.2 µg/m³ | Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, July 2023 |
| 26 Aug 2023 | 10838.3 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 20 Jul 2023 | 10738.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 6 Sept 2025 | 10537.1 µg/m³ | North-western Canada and United States, September 2025 North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025 |
| 5 Sept 2025 | 10436.6 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025 |
| 23 Aug 2023 | 9231.2 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Smithers, 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/smithers/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Smithers 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).