SmogRank / United States / California / Arden-Arcade
Arden-Arcade, month by month
Arden-Arcade has a measured daily mean on 1,273 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was January 2026, at 63 US AQI (15.3 µg/m³), 743rd of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was March 2024, at 23 US AQI (4.2 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 42 US AQI (7.5 µg/m³), against 44 US AQI (8.0 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
3 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 7 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 3 with no readings from the monitor, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2025 | 14 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2024 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 24 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.
Arden-Arcade's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 6315.3 µg/m³ | 743rdof 2,617 | California, United States, 26 to 27 January 2026 California and Oregon, United States, January 2026 |
| December 2023 | 6215.2 µg/m³ | 277thof 2,247 | Western United States and Mexico, December 2023 California and Oregon, United States, December 2023 |
| November 2023 | 6215.0 µg/m³ | 147thof 2,243 | – |
| January 2025 | 6014.0 µg/m³ | 549thof 2,474 | California, United States, January 2025 |
| December 2024 | 5913.4 µg/m³ | 569thof 2,616 | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| February 2023 | 5612.0 µg/m³ | 539thof 1,129 | – |
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.
Arden-Arcade's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Sept 2023 | 9432.2 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, September 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2024 | 9331.4 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 26 Dec 2023 | 9030.1 µg/m³ | Western United States and Mexico, December 2023 |
| 2 Feb 2023 | 8929.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 17 Dec 2023 | 8829.1 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2023 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | 8829.1 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, January 2026 |
| 25 Dec 2023 | 8828.8 µg/m³ | Western United States and Mexico, December 2023 |
| 19 Feb 2023 | 8828.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 4 Jul 2024 | 8728.6 µg/m³ | California and Nevada, United States, July 2024 |
| 17 Jan 2026 | 8728.6 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, January 2026 |
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, Arden-Arcade, 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/arden-arcade/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Arden-Arcade now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 23:07 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).