SmogRank / United States / Mississippi / Cleveland
Cleveland, month by month
Cleveland, Mississippi has a measured daily mean on 1,288 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was May 2023, at 62 US AQI (15.0 µg/m³), 144th of 1,600 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 28 US AQI (5.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 42 US AQI (7.6 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
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Cleveland's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | 6215.0 µg/m³ | 144thof 1,600 | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 Southern United States, May 2023 |
| June 2023 | 6214.9 µg/m³ | 387thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| August 2023 | 6014.0 µg/m³ | 226thof 1,980 | – |
| September 2023 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 227thof 2,176 | – |
| August 2024 | 5813.0 µg/m³ | 260thof 2,010 | Southern and eastern United States and Mexico, July and August 2024 |
| July 2023 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 365thof 1,432 | – |
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.
Cleveland's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2023 | 11039.2 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, October 2023 |
| 1 Aug 2024 | 9834.1 µg/m³ | Southern and eastern United States and Mexico, July and August 2024 |
| 8 Sept 2023 | 9733.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 26 Aug 2023 | 9633.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 22 May 2023 | 9532.7 µg/m³ | Southern United States, May 2023 |
| 5 Oct 2023 | 9432.4 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, October 2023 |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 9030.0 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 25 May 2023 | 8829.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 2 Aug 2024 | 8829.2 µg/m³ | Southern and eastern United States and Mexico, July and August 2024 |
| 21 May 2023 | 8527.6 µg/m³ | Southern United States, May 2023 |
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, Cleveland, Mississippi, 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/cleveland-mississippi/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Cleveland 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).