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Kaufman, month by month
Kaufman has a measured daily mean on 1,223 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was May 2024, at 57 US AQI (12.5 µg/m³), 434th of 2,684 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2025, at 25 US AQI (4.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 44 US AQI (7.9 µg/m³), against 44 US AQI (7.9 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 |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 9 with no readings from the monitor, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jul 2025 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 5 with no readings from the monitor, 7 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 1 with readings left out by our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | 17 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 7 with no readings from the monitor, 6 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2023 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 2 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 1 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.
Kaufman's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 434thof 2,684 | Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024 Southern United States and Mexico, 7 to 10 May 2024 |
| July 2023 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 479thof 1,432 | – |
| May 2023 | 5511.3 µg/m³ | 319thof 1,600 | – |
| June 2023 | 5511.2 µg/m³ | 625thof 1,603 | – |
| July 2026 | 5511.2 µg/m³ | 1,069thof 2,784 | – |
| August 2024 | 5511.1 µg/m³ | 433rdof 2,010 | Southern and eastern United States and Mexico, July and August 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.
Kaufman's worst days
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, Kaufman, 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/kaufman/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kaufman now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).