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Cities in United States, worst air first, day by day

Each measured city's average over the 30 days to every day since January 2023, worst first. Find your own city to follow it through the race, or keep to one country.

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The 30 days to25 Apr 2023 That day's board

The worst cities in United States for PM2.5 over the 30 days to 25 Apr 2023: New Holland 14.8 µg/m³, Port Isabel 14.6 µg/m³ and Redford 14.4 µg/m³.

  1. 1New HollandPennsylvania14.8
  2. 2Port IsabelTexas14.6
  3. 3RedfordMichigan14.4
  4. 4IndianapolisIndiana14.1
  5. 5Los AngelesCalifornia13.1
  6. 6EdinburgTexas12.4
  7. 7Ponca CityOklahoma12.1
  8. 8BirminghamAlabama12.0
  9. 9FairfieldAlabama12.0
  10. 10HueytownAlabama12.0
  11. 11TulsaOklahoma11.9
  12. 12MiamiOklahoma11.8
  13. 13Beaver FallsPennsylvania11.8
  14. 14FairviewGeorgia11.7
  15. 15Valley StationKentucky11.7
  16. 16ComptonCalifornia11.6
  17. 17Jurupa ValleyCalifornia11.5
  18. 18LawrencevilleGeorgia11.4
  19. 19DetroitMichigan11.4
  20. 20East RidgeTennessee11.3

+ 663 more cities, 11.3 µg/m³ and below

Not counted on this day, too few days measured: Phenix City since 14 Apr 2023, Albany since 13 Apr 2023, Montgomery since 30 Mar 2023 and 7 more cities. Days missing from the source archive fall in this window, so fewer countries are counted.

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GoodModerateSensitive groupsUnhealthyVery unhealthyHazardousWHO 24-hour guideline, 15 µg/m³Fades where it stood: not counted that day

A city's number is its average over the 30 days, shown only when 21 of them were measured (5 of 7 on the 7-day race), the same minimum as the 30- and 7-day boards. A city whose monitors go quiet fades out where it stood rather than sliding down, so a gap never reads as cleaner air. Some large countries are thin or missing because their monitors' licences don't allow reuse. How we rank.

Not covered: the government monitoring networks of China and Turkey, which publish only on their own websites; we are building the readers for them. Most cities there are missing from this board, not clean. Why.