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Haryana and Punjab, India, September 2026

For 3 days, from 8 to 10 September 2026, 9 cities in India had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Panipat, Haryana, India: 139.0 µg/m³ on 8 September, about 2.2× its usual 64.2.

No cause namedWe have no fire or smoke records for these days, so we only say what the measurements show.
Cities reached9in 1 country
Days38 to 10 September 2026
Worst day8 September5 cities counted
Furthest above usual3.0×Bathinda

Day by day

8 September 5 cities at twice their usual or more
KaithalThānesarPatiālaJīndAmbālaGobindgarhYamuna NagarMohaliKhannaPanchkulaChandigarhRohtakHisarRoparBhiwāniBaddiBāghpatNarelaBahadurgarhMuzaffarnagarCharkhi DādriNajafgarhLoniDelhiSirsaGurugramMeerutGhāziābādAya NagarNoidaMānesarDera MāndiDhāruheraDādriBhiwadiHāpurGreater NoidaRishīkeshNarnaulPalwalBulandshahrJhunjhunūnKhurjaHanumāngarhChūruAlwarAmritsarMorādābādVrindāvanSri GanganagarSīkarLahoreGujranwalaBareillyBikanerFaisalabadFaridabadPanipatBawānaJalandharDehradunSonīpatBathindaKarnālFatehābād
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Every measured city in the area, coloured by its PM2.5 that day; a dark ring marks a city at twice its usual or more. Bars: cities counted each day, coloured by their median level. Choose a day or press play; without JavaScript, the days link to that day's world ranking.

How it spread

FatehābādFatehābād, 5 September: no readingFatehābād, 6 September: 45.3 µg/m³, 2.1× usualFatehābād, 7 September: no readingFatehābād, 8 September: 66.9 µg/m³, 3.0× usualFatehābād, 9 September: 55.9 µg/m³, 2.5× usualFatehābād, 10 September: 51.1 µg/m³, 2.3× usualFatehābād, 11 September: 46.8 µg/m³, 2.1× usualFatehābād, 12 September: 26.5 µg/m³, 1.2× usualFatehābād, 13 September: 22.8 µg/m³, 1.0× usualBathindaBathinda, 5 September: 18.0 µg/m³, 1.4× usualBathinda, 6 September: 23.6 µg/m³, 1.9× usualBathinda, 7 September: 39.1 µg/m³, 3.1× usualBathinda, 8 September: 36.0 µg/m³, 2.8× usualBathinda, 9 September: 17.3 µg/m³, 1.4× usualBathinda, 10 September: 20.7 µg/m³, 1.6× usualBathinda, 11 September: 23.4 µg/m³, 1.8× usualBathinda, 12 September: 20.2 µg/m³, 1.6× usualBathinda, 13 September: 22.2 µg/m³, 1.7× usualPanipatPanipat, 5 September: 31.8 µg/m³, 0.5× usualPanipat, 6 September: 99.5 µg/m³, 1.5× usualPanipat, 7 September: 95.9 µg/m³, 1.5× usualPanipat, 8 September: 139.0 µg/m³, 2.2× usualPanipat, 9 September: 106.0 µg/m³, 1.7× usualPanipat, 10 September: 109.0 µg/m³, 1.7× usualPanipat, 11 September: 158.0 µg/m³, 2.5× usualPanipat, 12 September: no readingPanipat, 13 September: 65.9 µg/m³, 1.0× usualKarnālKarnāl, 5 September: 18.6 µg/m³, 0.7× usualKarnāl, 6 September: 40.4 µg/m³, 1.5× usualKarnāl, 7 September: 31.1 µg/m³, 1.1× usualKarnāl, 8 September: 78.8 µg/m³, 2.9× usualKarnāl, 9 September: 25.2 µg/m³, 0.9× usualKarnāl, 10 September: 27.7 µg/m³, 1.0× usualKarnāl, 11 September: 33.8 µg/m³, 1.2× usualKarnāl, 12 September: 25.6 µg/m³, 0.9× usualKarnāl, 13 September: 25.8 µg/m³, 0.9× usualJalandharJalandhar, 5 September: 37.1 µg/m³, 1.2× usualJalandhar, 6 September: 25.4 µg/m³, 0.8× usualJalandhar, 7 September: 39.3 µg/m³, 1.3× usualJalandhar, 8 September: 68.9 µg/m³, 2.3× usualJalandhar, 9 September: 47.0 µg/m³, 1.6× usualJalandhar, 10 September: 24.6 µg/m³, 0.8× usualJalandhar, 11 September: 52.3 µg/m³, 1.7× usualJalandhar, 12 September: 52.1 µg/m³, 1.7× usualJalandhar, 13 September: 58.9 µg/m³, 2.0× usualBawānaBawāna, 5 September: no readingBawāna, 6 September: 30.1 µg/m³, 0.7× usualBawāna, 7 September: 73.0 µg/m³, 1.6× usualBawāna, 8 September: 88.9 µg/m³, 2.0× usualBawāna, 9 September: 101.0 µg/m³, 2.3× usualBawāna, 10 September: 99.9 µg/m³, 2.2× usualBawāna, 11 September: no readingBawāna, 12 September: no readingBawāna, 13 September: 48.5 µg/m³, 1.1× usualSonīpatSonīpat, 5 September: 21.3 µg/m³, 0.8× usualSonīpat, 6 September: 21.5 µg/m³, 0.8× usualSonīpat, 7 September: 13.7 µg/m³, 0.5× usualSonīpat, 8 September: 25.4 µg/m³, 0.9× usualSonīpat, 9 September: 67.9 µg/m³, 2.5× usualSonīpat, 10 September: 71.8 µg/m³, 2.7× usualSonīpat, 11 September: 46.2 µg/m³, 1.7× usualSonīpat, 12 September: 34.6 µg/m³, 1.3× usualSonīpat, 13 September: 37.8 µg/m³, 1.4× usualDehradunDehradun, 5 September: 15.6 µg/m³, 0.9× usualDehradun, 6 September: 12.8 µg/m³, 0.7× usualDehradun, 7 September: 14.3 µg/m³, 0.8× usualDehradun, 8 September: 29.5 µg/m³, 1.6× usualDehradun, 9 September: 46.9 µg/m³, 2.6× usualDehradun, 10 September: 42.4 µg/m³, 2.4× usualDehradun, 11 September: 19.2 µg/m³, 1.1× usualDehradun, 12 September: 11.8 µg/m³, 0.7× usualDehradun, 13 September: no readingFaridabadFaridabad, 5 September: 34.0 µg/m³, 0.9× usualFaridabad, 6 September: 29.7 µg/m³, 0.8× usualFaridabad, 7 September: 39.8 µg/m³, 1.1× usualFaridabad, 8 September: 44.5 µg/m³, 1.2× usualFaridabad, 9 September: 52.5 µg/m³, 1.4× usualFaridabad, 10 September: 76.3 µg/m³, 2.0× usualFaridabad, 11 September: 52.2 µg/m³, 1.4× usualFaridabad, 12 September: 42.9 µg/m³, 1.1× usualFaridabad, 13 September: 44.8 µg/m³, 1.2× usual5 Sep678910111213
Every counted city, in the order the episode reached them, 3 days before to 3 after. Each square is a day, coloured by that day's PM2.5; outlined: at twice the city's usual or more.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

Every city it reached

CityDaysHighestUsualAbove usual
BathindaPunjab, India1 39.17 September12.73.1×
FatehābādHaryana, India2 66.98 September22.03.0×
KarnālHaryana, India1 78.88 September27.22.9×
SonīpatHaryana, India2 71.810 September26.92.7×
DehradunUttarakhand, India2 46.99 September18.02.6×
PanipatHaryana, India1 158.011 September64.22.5×
JalandharPunjab, India1 68.98 September30.12.3×
BawānaDelhi, India2 101.09 September44.52.3×
FaridabadHaryana, India1 76.310 September37.62.0×

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 India

Number 5 of 5 episodes in India since our records began, by cities reached.

Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading.

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SmogRank, Haryana and Punjab, India, September 2026: 9 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 8 to 10 September 2026, smogrank.com/episodes/2026-09-haryana-and-punjab-india (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.