SmogRank / Episodes / United States
North-western United States and Canada, August 2026
For 8 days, from 4 to 11 August 2026, 99 cities in the United States and Canada had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Wenatchee, Washington, United States: 204.0 µg/m³ on 4 August, about 41× its usual 5.0.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| WenatcheeWashington, United States | 4 | 204.04 August | 41× |
| EugeneOregon, United States | 3 | 120.05 August | 24× |
| YakimaWashington, United States | 4 | 100.04 August | 17× |
| Oregon CityOregon, United States | 3 | 86.25 August | 17× |
| CanbyOregon, United States | 3 | 86.15 August | 17× |
| KamloopsBritish Columbia, Canada | 6 | 191.07 August | 17× |
| AlbanyOregon, United States | 3 | 83.35 August | 17× |
| The DallesOregon, United States | 3 | 83.86 August | 16× |
| GreshamOregon, United States | 3 | 79.95 August | 16× |
| VernonBritish Columbia, Canada | 5 | 142.010 August | 16× |
| EllensburgWashington, United States | 3 | 84.04 August | 15× |
| Walla WallaWashington, United States | 4 | 108.05 August | 15× |
| PascoWashington, United States | 4 | 71.34 August | 14× |
| Union Hill-Novelty HillWashington, United States | 3 | 75.65 August | 14× |
| North CreekWashington, United States | 4 | 68.45 August | 14× |
| ChilliwackBritish Columbia, Canada | 3 | 81.55 August | 14× |
| CorvallisOregon, United States | 3 | 66.75 August | 13× |
| SalemOregon, United States | 3 | 64.45 August | 13× |
| BeavertonOregon, United States | 3 | 61.85 August | 12× |
| DallasOregon, United States | 3 | 60.34 August | 12× |
| KelownaBritish Columbia, Canada | 4 | 94.311 August | 12× |
| Moses LakeWashington, United States | 6 | 87.19 August | 12× |
| WoodburnOregon, United States | 3 | 57.85 August | 12× |
| Tri-CitiesWashington, United States | 4 | 70.64 August | 11× |
| KirklandWashington, United States | 4 | 56.75 August | 11× |
| TigardOregon, United States | 3 | 59.55 August | 11× |
| McMinnvilleOregon, United States | 3 | 54.15 August | 11× |
| PendletonOregon, United States | 5 | 86.35 August | 11× |
| PortlandOregon, United States | 3 | 53.05 August | 11× |
| Spokane ValleyWashington, United States | 6 | 95.63 August | 11× |
| BothellWashington, United States | 4 | 51.55 August | 10× |
| CranbrookBritish Columbia, Canada | 5 | 93.49 August | 10× |
| HillsboroOregon, United States | 3 | 50.85 August | 10× |
| SpokaneWashington, United States | 6 | 93.13 August | 10× |
| SunnysideWashington, United States | 4 | 76.84 August | 10.0× |
| Inglewood-Finn HillWashington, United States | 3 | 49.25 August | 9.8× |
| AbbotsfordBritish Columbia, Canada | 2 | 50.15 August | 9.8× |
| VancouverWashington, United States | 2 | 48.75 August | 9.7× |
| Salmon CreekWashington, United States | 2 | 46.15 August | 9.2× |
| CentraliaWashington, United States | 2 | 43.25 August | 8.6× |
| HermistonOregon, United States | 4 | 66.16 August | 8.6× |
| CoquitlamBritish Columbia, Canada | 2 | 46.95 August | 8.5× |
| Twin FallsIdaho, United States | 7 | 56.14 August | 8.5× |
| PocatelloIdaho, United States | 1 | 49.32 August | 8.5× |
| ParklandWashington, United States | 3 | 42.45 August | 8.5× |
| ButteMontana, United States | 4 | 59.87 August | 8.3× |
| MilwaukieOregon, United States | 2 | 41.25 August | 8.2× |
| BozemanMontana, United States | 4 | 65.08 August | 8.2× |
| KentWashington, United States | 3 | 41.15 August | 8.2× |
| AltamontOregon, United States | 1 | 64.010 August | 8.2× |
| AuburnWashington, United States | 4 | 44.55 August | 8.1× |
| NampaIdaho, United States | 8 | 77.57 August | 8.1× |
| BellevueWashington, United States | 3 | 38.35 August | 7.7× |
| Idaho FallsIdaho, United States | 1 | 44.92 August | 7.6× |
| Coeur d'AleneIdaho, United States | 5 | 76.03 August | 7.6× |
| MissoulaMontana, United States | 4 | 55.110 August | 7.5× |
| BoiseIdaho, United States | 8 | 54.82 August | 7.5× |
| Forest GroveOregon, United States | 2 | 37.55 August | 7.5× |
| RentonWashington, United States | 2 | 36.76 August | 7.3× |
| TacomaWashington, United States | 3 | 36.65 August | 7.3× |
| North VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | 2 | 36.55 August | 7.3× |
| Port CoquitlamBritish Columbia, Canada | 2 | 36.25 August | 7.2× |
| BurienWashington, United States | 2 | 35.46 August | 7.1× |
| MeridianIdaho, United States | 8 | 59.23 August | 7.0× |
| LongviewWashington, United States | 2 | 34.25 August | 6.8× |
| LangleyBritish Columbia, Canada | 2 | 34.25 August | 6.8× |
| BendOregon, United States | 2 | 64.14 August | 6.7× |
| PullmanWashington, United States | 4 | 52.86 August | 6.5× |
| West VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | 2 | 32.35 August | 6.5× |
| Grants PassOregon, United States | 2 | 32.25 August | 6.4× |
| ShorelineWashington, United States | 2 | 32.26 August | 6.4× |
| LaceyWashington, United States | 1 | 31.25 August | 6.2× |
| RedmondOregon, United States | 3 | 69.84 August | 6.1× |
| BurnabyBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 31.15 August | 6.1× |
| Picnic Point-North LynnwoodWashington, United States | 1 | 34.05 August | 6.0× |
| BremertonWashington, United States | 1 | 29.56 August | 5.9× |
| RoseburgOregon, United States | 2 | 29.35 August | 5.9× |
| Strawberry HillBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 28.55 August | 5.7× |
| BillingsMontana, United States | 2 | 41.48 August | 5.7× |
| MarysvilleWashington, United States | 1 | 27.25 August | 5.4× |
| Columbia CityWashington, United States | 2 | 35.96 August | 5.4× |
| SheridanWyoming, United States | 3 | 36.88 August | 5.3× |
| Port AlberniBritish Columbia, Canada | 1 | 26.56 August | 5.3× |
| SquamishBritish Columbia, Canada | 2 | 35.96 August | 5.3× |
| GilletteWyoming, United States | 2 | 35.23 August | 5.2× |
| SeattleWashington, United States | 2 | 27.56 August | 5.1× |
| LewistonIdaho, United States | 5 | 51.97 August | 4.9× |
| BellinghamWashington, United States | 1 | 26.76 August | 4.9× |
| MoscowIdaho, United States | 5 | 46.57 August | 4.7× |
| AshlandOregon, United States | 1 | 31.57 August | 4.6× |
| West JordanUtah, United States | 1 | 35.93 August | 4.5× |
| AirdrieAlberta, Canada | 1 | 48.21 August | 4.5× |
| HelenaMontana, United States | 4 | 39.56 August | 4.4× |
| MedfordOregon, United States | 1 | 30.47 August | 4.4× |
| CalgaryAlberta, Canada | 1 | 52.41 August | 4.0× |
| Brigham CityUtah, United States | 1 | 26.75 August | 3.6× |
| TooeleUtah, United States | 1 | 25.15 August | 3.5× |
| Great FallsMontana, United States | 3 | 44.510 August | 3.3× |
| MillcreekUtah, United States | 1 | 25.45 August | 2.9× |
Daily means in µg/m³. Usual: the city's median for this time of year (its days within 21 days of the date, every year, leaving out the week around it). Above usual: its highest day against that.
Against other episodes in the United States and Canada
Number 11 of 106 episodes in the United States and Canada since our records began, by cities reached.
- North-eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023279
- North-eastern United States and Canada, July 2026264
- North-eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023260
- North-eastern United States and Canada, July and August 2025241
- North-eastern United States and Canada, July 2023241
- North-eastern United States and Canada, June 2025196
- North-eastern United States and Canada, June 2023161
- North-eastern United States and Canada, July 2025119
- North-western United States and Canada, August 2023110
- North-eastern United States, June 2025104
- North-western United States and Canada, August 202699
- North-eastern United States and Canada, February 202696
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 106.
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SmogRank, North-western United States and Canada, August 2026: 99 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 4 to 11 August 2026, smogrank.com/episodes/2026-08-north-western-united-states-and-canada (accessed 2 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.