SmogRank / United States / Montana / Lewistown

Lewistown, month by month

Lewistown has a measured daily mean on 1,284 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2026, at 61 US AQI (14.7 µg/m³), 397th of 2,896 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2023, at 16 US AQI (2.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 31 US AQI (5.5 µg/m³), against 31 US AQI (5.5 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Lewistown'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 Lewistown marked; each year, the year's.
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

3 months
MonthWhy
Oct 20266 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitor, 3 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours).
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: 2 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.

Lewistown's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
August 2026 6114.7 µg/m³31 of 31397thof 2,896North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
July 2024 5913.3 µg/m³31 of 31274thof 2,566North-western United States and Canada, July 2024
July 2026 5913.3 µg/m³27 of 31682ndof 2,784North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
July 2023 5511.3 µg/m³29 of 31491stof 1,432United States and Canada, July 2023
North-western Canada and United States, July 2023
September 2023 5410.8 µg/m³28 of 30451stof 2,176Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
September 2025 5310.0 µg/m³30 of 30690thof 3,104North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025

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.

Lewistown's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
5 Sept 2023 17793.2 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
4 Sept 2023 16170.4 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023
9 Sept 2024 15460.2 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 11 September 2024
9 Aug 2026 13649.7 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
22 Jul 2024 13047.4 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July 2024
15 Jul 2023 12043.2 µg/m³United States and Canada, July 2023
21 Jul 2024 11541.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July 2024
27 Jul 2026 11340.5 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026
8 Aug 2026 10838.5 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
16 Jul 2023 10336.3 µg/m³United 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Lewistown, 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/lewistown-montana/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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

Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).