SmogRank / United States / Minnesota / Apple Valley
Apple Valley, month by month
Apple Valley has a measured daily mean on 1,375 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 75 US AQI (22.1 µg/m³), 232nd of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was April 2024, at 22 US AQI (4.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 47 US AQI (8.4 µg/m³), against 37 US AQI (6.7 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
Apple Valley's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 7522.1 µg/m³ | 232ndof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 United States and Canada, June 2023and 1 more |
| July 2025 | 6415.9 µg/m³ | 341stof 2,889 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 North-eastern United States and Canada, 24 to 28 July 2025and 1 more |
| July 2026 | 6315.3 µg/m³ | 503rdof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| June 2025 | 6215.0 µg/m³ | 443rdof 2,508 | Northern United States and Canada, June 2025 Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
| January 2023 | 5913.6 µg/m³ | 289thof 1,261 | Northern United States, January 2023 |
| August 2023 | 5812.9 µg/m³ | 272ndof 1,980 | Northern United States, August 2023 Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, United States, August 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.
Apple Valley's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2026 | 215140.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 14 Jun 2023 | 17184.5 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, June 2023 |
| 3 Jun 2025 | 16778.3 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
| 12 Jul 2025 | 16474.3 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2025 |
| 1 Aug 2025 | 15866.1 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 31 Jul 2025 | 15865.5 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 15561.4 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | 14954.8 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, June 2023 |
| 10 Jan 2023 | 14754.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States, January 2023 |
| 13 May 2024 | 14553.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May 2024 |
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.
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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Apple Valley, 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/apple-valley-minnesota/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Apple Valley now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).