SmogRank / Episodes / United States
North-western United States and Canada, 1 to 10 September 2025
For 10 days, from 1 to 10 September 2025, 54 cities in the United States and Canada had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Squamish, British Columbia, Canada: 173.0 µg/m³ on 3 September, about 25× its usual 7.0.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| SquamishBritish Columbia, Canada | 4 | 173.03 September | 25× |
| West VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | 3 | 87.23 September | 17× |
| WenatcheeWashington, United States | 3 | 83.36 September | 16× |
| Sherwood ParkAlberta, Canada | 8 | 126.01 September | 16× |
| St. AlbertAlberta, Canada | 7 | 126.01 September | 15× |
| EdmontonAlberta, Canada | 8 | 140.01 September | 12× |
| CalgaryAlberta, Canada | 9 | 100.32 September | 9.9× |
| LethbridgeAlberta, Canada | 6 | 72.82 September | 9.2× |
| YakimaWashington, United States | 3 | 58.04 September | 9.1× |
| CranbrookBritish Columbia, Canada | 5 | 56.27 September | 8.8× |
| Tri-CitiesWashington, United States | 2 | 40.26 September | 8.0× |
| EllensburgWashington, United States | 2 | 41.36 September | 7.9× |
| KirklandWashington, United States | 2 | 38.85 September | 7.8× |
| Inglewood-Finn HillWashington, United States | 2 | 37.55 September | 7.5× |
| CoquitlamBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 40.13 September | 7.4× |
| BurnabyBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 37.53 September | 6.9× |
| North VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 35.13 September | 6.9× |
| Medicine HatAlberta, Canada | 3 | 48.02 September | 6.7× |
| SpokaneWashington, United States | 4 | 43.56 September | 6.6× |
| Spokane ValleyWashington, United States | 4 | 39.06 September | 6.6× |
| Swift CurrentSaskatchewan, Canada | 2 | 53.42 September | 6.5× |
| Strawberry HillBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 34.83 September | 6.4× |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 34.53 September | 6.4× |
| MissoulaMontana, United States | 3 | 33.46 September | 6.3× |
| MissionBritish Columbia, Canada | 3 | 32.33 September | 6.3× |
| Red DeerAlberta, Canada | 7 | 58.62 September | 6.2× |
| ButteMontana, United States | 2 | 31.96 September | 6.1× |
| Port CoquitlamBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 31.03 September | 6.1× |
| ShorelineWashington, United States | 1 | 33.75 September | 6.0× |
| Idaho FallsIdaho, United States | 1 | 29.35 September | 5.9× |
| SunnysideWashington, United States | 2 | 39.86 September | 5.8× |
| PullmanWashington, United States | 2 | 34.25 September | 5.6× |
| BoiseIdaho, United States | 1 | 29.85 September | 5.5× |
| KelownaBritish Columbia, Canada | 3 | 42.75 September | 5.4× |
| Coeur d'AleneIdaho, United States | 3 | 37.75 September | 5.4× |
| AirdrieAlberta, Canada | 1 | 41.94 September | 5.3× |
| HermistonOregon, United States | 2 | 31.45 September | 5.2× |
| VernonBritish Columbia, Canada | 4 | 42.45 September | 5.1× |
| AbbotsfordBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 29.73 September | 5.0× |
| MeridianIdaho, United States | 1 | 30.15 September | 4.9× |
| MoscowIdaho, United States | 2 | 34.55 September | 4.7× |
| ChilliwackBritish Columbia, Canada | 3 | 31.33 September | 4.7× |
| BillingsMontana, United States | 2 | 31.13 September | 4.6× |
| Walla WallaWashington, United States | 2 | 27.15 September | 4.6× |
| BozemanMontana, United States | 1 | 26.24 September | 4.5× |
| NampaIdaho, United States | 1 | 30.55 September | 4.3× |
| RexburgIdaho, United States | 1 | 29.75 September | 4.2× |
| LewistonIdaho, United States | 2 | 35.15 September | 4.1× |
| Moses LakeWashington, United States | 2 | 26.54 September | 4.0× |
| KamloopsBritish Columbia, Canada | 4 | 33.97 September | 3.9× |
| HelenaMontana, United States | 3 | 29.87 September | 3.9× |
| ReginaSaskatchewan, Canada | 1 | 33.92 September | 3.3× |
| Great FallsMontana, United States | 3 | 33.03 September | 2.8× |
| SaskatoonSaskatchewan, Canada | 1 | 26.02 September | 2.5× |
Daily means in µg/m³, over the days each city counted in this episode. Highest: its highest of those days. Usual: the city's median for the time of year of that day (its days within 21 days of the date, every year, leaving out the week around it). Above usual: its highest day against that, with a usual under 5 µg/m³ taken as 5.
Against other episodes in the United States and Canada
Number 20 of 141 episodes in the United States and Canada since our records began, by cities reached.
- Eastern United States and Canada, 25 June to 2 July 2023280
- North-eastern United States and Canada, July 2026264
- Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023261
- North-eastern United States and Canada, 30 July to 9 August 2025241
- Eastern United States and Canada, July 2023240
- North-eastern United States and Canada, 3 to 9 June 2025196
- Eastern United States and Canada, 14 to 19 June 2023161
- North-eastern United States and Canada, 12 to 16 July 2025119
- North-western United States and Canada, August 2023110
- North-eastern United States and Canada, 10 to 14 June 2025104
- North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 11 August 202699
- North-eastern United States and Canada, 14 to 19 February 202696
- North-western United States and Canada, 1 to 10 September 202554
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 141.
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SmogRank, North-western United States and Canada, 1 to 10 September 2025: 54 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 1 to 10 September 2025, smogrank.com/episodes/2025-09-01-north-western-united-states-and-canada (accessed 4 October 2026).
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An episode is a run of days when many cities close to each other (four or more within 350 km on a day, 8 or more in all) each had a daily PM2.5 mean of at least 25 µg/m³ and at least 2 times their usual for that time of year. Found in our own measurements, not picked by hand. How we find episodes. Values are each city's daily mean of its own monitors; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.