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Chanute, month by month
Chanute has a measured daily mean on 1,243 days since 7 May 2023. Its worst month was September 2023, at 62 US AQI (14.8 µg/m³), 181st of 2,176 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2024, at 24 US AQI (4.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 48 US AQI (8.6 µg/m³), against 43 US AQI (7.8 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
Chanute's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | 6214.8 µg/m³ | 181stof 2,176 | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| May 2023 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 176thof 1,600 | – |
| March 2024 | 5813.0 µg/m³ | 237thof 1,698 | – |
| September 2025 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 431stof 3,104 | – |
| June 2023 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 537thof 1,603 | – |
| August 2025 | 5611.8 µg/m³ | 823rdof 2,901 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
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.
Chanute's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2024 | 17082.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 14 Mar 2025 | 16677.6 µg/m³ | United States and Mexico, March 2025 |
| 7 Sept 2023 | 15561.4 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| 1 Aug 2025 | 15155.5 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 6 Sept 2023 | 12645.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | 12143.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 28 Mar 2024 | 11340.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 14 May 2024 | 10737.9 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May 2024 |
| 2 Aug 2025 | 9734.0 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 9130.7 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 7 May 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, Chanute, United States, 7 May 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/chanute/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Chanute now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).