SmogRank / United States / Maryland / Hunt Valley
Hunt Valley, month by month
Hunt Valley has a measured daily mean on 1,271 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 70 US AQI (19.5 µg/m³), 276th of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 25 US AQI (4.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 41 US AQI (7.3 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
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 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.
Hunt Valley's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 7019.5 µg/m³ | 276thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| July 2026 | 6114.2 µg/m³ | 575thof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| February 2026 | 5612.0 µg/m³ | 1,022ndof 2,866 | – |
| January 2026 | 529.8 µg/m³ | 1,132ndof 2,617 | – |
| January 2025 | 529.7 µg/m³ | 1,045thof 2,474 | – |
| October 2024 | 519.3 µg/m³ | 597thof 2,020 | – |
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.
Hunt Valley's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2026 | 194117.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 18198.5 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 17082.6 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 15966.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 14553.2 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 18 Jul 2026 | 14352.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 14 Jun 2025 | 9935.1 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, June 2025 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 9532.6 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States, July 2025 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 8828.9 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 8728.5 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
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, Hunt Valley, 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/hunt-valley/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Hunt Valley 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).