SmogRank / United States / Georgia / Albany
Albany, month by month
Albany, Georgia has a measured daily mean on 1,239 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was March 2023, at 67 US AQI (17.7 µg/m³), 44th of 911 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 32 US AQI (5.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 51 US AQI (9.3 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.7 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
4 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2024 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | 10 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2023 | 11 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 19 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Albany's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | 6717.7 µg/m³ | 44thof 911 | Eastern United States, March 2023 |
| March 2026 | 6416.0 µg/m³ | 761stof 2,971 | South-eastern United States, March 2026 |
| February 2024 | 6415.9 µg/m³ | 311thof 2,486 | Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, United States, February 2024 South-eastern United States, February 2024 |
| July 2023 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 222ndof 1,432 | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| March 2025 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 1,051stof 2,862 | – |
| February 2026 | 5913.6 µg/m³ | 880thof 2,866 | Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, United States, February 2026 |
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.
Albany's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar 2026 | 16981.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 16474.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 21 Mar 2023 | 14553.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States, March 2023 |
| 18 Jul 2023 | 12946.7 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 16 Mar 2023 | 12545.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Feb 2024 | 12143.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 12143.5 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, March 2026 |
| 14 Feb 2026 | 11942.9 µg/m³ | Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, United States, February 2026 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | 11641.7 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, February 2024 |
| 8 Feb 2023 | 11440.8 µg/m³ | – |
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, Albany, Georgia, United States, 1 Jan 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/albany-georgia/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Albany now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 04:07 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).