SmogRank / United States / Washington / Bellingham

Bellingham, month by month

Bellingham has a measured daily mean on 1,342 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2023, at 44 US AQI (7.9 µg/m³), 1,035th of 1,980 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was March 2025, at 19 US AQI (3.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 28 US AQI (5.1 µg/m³), against 32 US AQI (5.7 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Bellingham's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Bellingham marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

Bellingham's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
August 2023 447.9 µg/m³31 of 311,035thof 1,980North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
January 2025 427.5 µg/m³31 of 311,547thof 2,474–
August 2024 417.4 µg/m³31 of 311,430thof 2,010–
August 2026 386.8 µg/m³31 of 312,174thof 2,896North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
September 2024 376.6 µg/m³30 of 301,294thof 2,010–
January 2026 366.5 µg/m³31 of 311,956thof 2,617–

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.

Bellingham's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
26 Aug 2023 9230.9 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
27 Aug 2023 8527.1 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
6 Aug 2026 8426.7 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
25 Aug 2023 8225.9 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
5 Aug 2026 7521.8 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
22 Jul 2026 7421.5 µg/m³–
20 Aug 2023 7019.4 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
28 Aug 2023 7019.2 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
3 Sept 2025 6516.4 µg/m³–
21 Jul 2026 6416.1 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Bellingham, 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/bellingham/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Bellingham now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).