SmogRank / United States / Iowa / Ankeny
Ankeny, month by month
Ankeny has a measured daily mean on 1,367 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 72 US AQI (20.4 µg/m³), 261st of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was January 2026, at 25 US AQI (4.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 43 US AQI (7.7 µg/m³), against 41 US AQI (7.3 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
Ankeny's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 7220.4 µg/m³ | 261stof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| July 2023 | 6215.0 µg/m³ | 143rdof 1,432 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2023 United States and Canada, July 2023and 1 more |
| September 2023 | 5712.1 µg/m³ | 320thof 2,176 | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| August 2023 | 5611.8 µg/m³ | 367thof 1,980 | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| June 2025 | 5611.6 µg/m³ | 875thof 2,508 | Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
| May 2023 | 5511.1 µg/m³ | 335thof 1,600 | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
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.
Ankeny's worst days
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, Ankeny, United States, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/ankeny/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Ankeny now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).