SmogRank / United States / Washington / Lacey

Lacey, month by month

Lacey has a measured daily mean on 1,267 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was January 2025, at 54 US AQI (10.9 µg/m³), 848th of 2,474 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was April 2023, at 12 US AQI (2.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 28 US AQI (5.1 µg/m³), against 24 US AQI (4.3 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Lacey'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 Lacey 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 20231 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 2 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Lacey's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
January 2025 5410.9 µg/m³31 of 31848thof 2,474–
January 2026 458.1 µg/m³31 of 311,462ndof 2,617–
November 2023 397.1 µg/m³30 of 301,408thof 2,243–
November 2025 397.0 µg/m³24 of 301,843rdof 2,715–
December 2024 346.1 µg/m³31 of 312,030thof 2,616–
August 2023 336.0 µg/m³31 of 311,638thof 1,980North-western United States and Canada, August 2023

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.

Lacey's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
5 Aug 2026 9231.2 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
5 Jul 2024 9029.9 µg/m³–
20 Aug 2023 8225.7 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
5 Jul 2023 7924.1 µg/m³–
4 Aug 2026 7823.6 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
27 Jan 2025 7723.2 µg/m³–
25 Jan 2025 7723.0 µg/m³–
6 Aug 2026 7723.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
15 Jan 2024 7622.7 µg/m³–
25 Jan 2026 7522.2 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, Lacey, 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/lacey/history (accessed 12 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.

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

Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).