SmogRank / United States / Tennessee / Kingsport
Kingsport, month by month
Kingsport has a measured daily mean on 1,266 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 61 US AQI (14.7 µg/m³), 395th of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2025, at 24 US AQI (4.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 35 US AQI (6.3 µg/m³), against 34 US AQI (6.1 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 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| 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.
Kingsport's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 6114.7 µg/m³ | 395thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 United States and Canada, June 2023 |
| July 2023 | 5410.6 µg/m³ | 585thof 1,432 | United States and Canada, July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| June 2025 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 1,450thof 2,508 | – |
| July 2025 | 458.1 µg/m³ | 1,761stof 2,889 | – |
| June 2024 | 448.0 µg/m³ | 1,308thof 2,563 | – |
| August 2024 | 447.9 µg/m³ | 1,276thof 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.
Kingsport's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2023 | 11741.8 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 10436.9 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 10436.6 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 18 Jul 2023 | 8828.7 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 8627.9 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 8225.7 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, June 2023 |
| 9 Nov 2023 | 8125.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 7421.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 16 Jun 2023 | 7421.2 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, June 2023 |
| 9 Jun 2023 | 7120.1 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, Kingsport, United States, 1 Jan 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/kingsport/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kingsport now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).