SmogRank / United States / North Carolina / Fayetteville
Fayetteville, month by month
Fayetteville has a measured daily mean on 1,179 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 64 US AQI (16.1 µg/m³), 354th of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2025, at 30 US AQI (5.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 43 US AQI (7.8 µg/m³), against 46 US AQI (8.2 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
5 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 7 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitor, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2026 | 16 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2024 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 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.
Fayetteville's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 6416.1 µg/m³ | 354thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| July 2026 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 1,021stof 2,784 | – |
| August 2023 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 552ndof 1,980 | – |
| November 2023 | 5310.1 µg/m³ | 600thof 2,243 | – |
| August 2026 | 529.8 µg/m³ | 938thof 2,896 | – |
| April 2026 | 529.7 µg/m³ | 1,012thof 2,941 | – |
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.
Fayetteville's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Jul 2023 | 13247.9 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 22 Jan 2024 | 11039.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 9834.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 9532.8 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 9231.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 10 Jun 2023 | 8527.2 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 8326.2 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 8024.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Jun 2023 | 7924.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 21 Mar 2026 | 7923.9 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, Fayetteville, 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/fayetteville/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Fayetteville now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).