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Ephrata, month by month

Ephrata has a measured daily mean on 1,281 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2026, at 96 US AQI (33.1 µg/m³), 86th of 2,896 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2026, at 7 US AQI (1.2 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 32 US AQI (5.8 µg/m³), against 29 US AQI (5.3 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Ephrata'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 Ephrata 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

Months without a mean, and why

2 months
MonthWhy
Mar 202311 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive.
Feb 20231 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Ephrata's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
August 2026 9633.1 µg/m³30 of 3186thof 2,896North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
August 2023 8929.4 µg/m³31 of 3158thof 1,980Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
September 2025 7521.9 µg/m³30 of 30175thof 3,104North-western Canada and United States, September 2025
North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025
July 2026 5511.1 µg/m³31 of 311,089thof 2,784North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
August 2024 519.2 µg/m³31 of 31804thof 2,010–
November 2023 478.4 µg/m³30 of 301,028thof 2,243–

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.

Ephrata's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
20 Aug 2023 299224.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
21 Aug 2023 233158.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
19 Aug 2023 203128.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
9 Aug 2026 186106.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
6 Sept 2025 184103.0 µg/m³North-western Canada and United States, September 2025
North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025
23 Jul 2026 183101.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
4 Aug 2026 16778.9 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
6 Aug 2026 16575.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
3 Aug 2026 16169.9 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
5 Aug 2026 15865.8 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Ephrata, 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/ephrata-washington/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-13 01:07 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).