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Helena Valley West Central, month by month

Helena Valley West Central has a measured daily mean on 1,213 days since 7 May 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 66 US AQI (17.3 µg/m³), 135th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2026, at 17 US AQI (3.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 49 US AQI (8.8 µg/m³), against 54 US AQI (10.9 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Helena Valley West Central'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 Helena Valley West Central 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

Helena Valley West Central's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2024 6617.3 µg/m³31 of 31135thof 2,566North-western United States and Canada, July 2024
January 2024 6315.7 µg/m³30 of 31423rdof 2,385–
September 2024 6315.5 µg/m³30 of 30156thof 2,010North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 11 September 2024
North-western United States and Canada, 10 to 11 September 2024
August 2026 6214.8 µg/m³31 of 31394thof 2,896North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
May 2023 5913.4 µg/m³25 of 31192ndof 1,600North-western United States and Canada, May 2023
Northern United States and Canada, May 2023
October 2024 5813.1 µg/m³31 of 31333rdof 2,020North-western United States, October 2024

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.

Helena Valley West Central's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
19 May 2023 16473.8 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, May 2023
Northern United States and Canada, May 2023
18 May 2023 16372.5 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, May 2023
9 Sept 2024 16169.2 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 11 September 2024
22 Jul 2024 11942.9 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July 2024
21 Jan 2024 11641.6 µg/m³–
27 Jul 2026 11541.2 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
17 Aug 2023 11541.1 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
6 Aug 2026 11139.5 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
8 Sept 2024 11039.3 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 11 September 2024
26 Jul 2024 10235.8 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July 2024

Daily means, the highest since 7 May 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, Helena Valley West Central, United States, 7 May 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/helena-valley-west-central/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).

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Helena Valley West Central now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-13 02:07 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).