SmogRank / United States / Ohio / Dent
Dent, month by month
Dent has a measured daily mean on 1,268 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 66 US AQI (17.3 µg/m³), 326th of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2026, at 22 US AQI (3.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 39 US AQI (7.1 µg/m³), against 41 US AQI (7.3 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 |
|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 2 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 6 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 6 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.
Dent's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 6617.3 µg/m³ | 326thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| August 2023 | 5310.3 µg/m³ | 573rdof 1,980 | – |
| February 2024 | 529.4 µg/m³ | 760thof 2,486 | – |
| November 2023 | 519.2 µg/m³ | 819thof 2,243 | – |
| February 2026 | 509.0 µg/m³ | 1,670thof 2,866 | – |
| June 2025 | 498.8 µg/m³ | 1,652ndof 2,508 | – |
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.
Dent's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun 2023 | 17792.5 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 14151.9 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 27 Jun 2023 | 12545.2 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 12143.5 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States, July 2025 |
| 16 Jul 2023 | 11039.0 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 9331.4 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 9030.1 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 8426.8 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 8024.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 19 Jul 2026 | 7924.2 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Dent, 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/dent/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Dent now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).