SmogRank / United States / Montana / Great Falls

Great Falls, month by month

Great Falls, Montana has a measured daily mean on 1,277 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2026, at 73 US AQI (20.9 µg/m³), 228th of 2,896 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2026, at 34 US AQI (6.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 53 US AQI (10.2 µg/m³), against 53 US AQI (10.2 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Great Falls'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 Great Falls 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 20233 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.

Great Falls's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
August 2026 7320.9 µg/m³31 of 31228thof 2,896North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
July 2024 6516.7 µg/m³31 of 31141stof 2,566North-western United States and Canada, July 2024
July 2023 6416.3 µg/m³30 of 31112thof 1,432United States and Canada, July 2023
August 2023 6416.2 µg/m³31 of 31172ndof 1,980Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
September 2023 6315.6 µg/m³27 of 30164thof 2,176Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
August 2024 6315.4 µg/m³31 of 31166thof 2,010–

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.

Great Falls's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
4 Sept 2023 16778.1 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
5 Sept 2023 15257.5 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
22 Jul 2024 14452.8 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July 2024
27 Jul 2026 13348.4 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
20 May 2023 13147.7 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, May 2023
15 Jul 2023 12444.8 µg/m³United States and Canada, July 2023
10 Aug 2026 12344.5 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
16 May 2023 11541.2 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, May 2023
19 May 2023 11541.2 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, May 2023
Northern United States and Canada, May 2023
21 Jul 2024 11541.1 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July 2024

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, Great Falls, Montana, 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/great-falls/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).

Download chart (PNG)

You're welcome to reuse a single chart, image or figure with this citation and a link. Terms. Raw monitor readings in bulk are published by OpenAQ, under each provider's licence.

Great Falls now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-13 00:07 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).