SmogRank / United States / Illinois / Lincolnwood
Lincolnwood, month by month
Lincolnwood has a measured daily mean on 656 days since 5 December 2024. Its worst month was July 2026, at 86 US AQI (27.7 µg/m³), 171st of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 34 US AQI (6.1 µg/m³).
Every month since 2024
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
Lincolnwood's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 8627.7 µg/m³ | 171stof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| July 2025 | 6717.7 µg/m³ | 261stof 2,889 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 Northern United States, July 2025and 2 more |
| June 2025 | 6416.1 µg/m³ | 363rdof 2,508 | Northern United States and Canada, June 2025 Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
| August 2025 | 6215.0 µg/m³ | 355thof 2,901 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| February 2026 | 5611.8 µg/m³ | 1,048thof 2,866 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 14 to 19 February 2026 |
| December 2025 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 1,149thof 3,006 | – |
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.
Lincolnwood's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2026 | 384267.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 203128.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 16473.7 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States, July 2025 |
| 31 Jul 2025 | 16372.0 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 5 Jun 2025 | 15459.7 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
| 19 Jul 2026 | 14252.3 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 1 Aug 2025 | 13348.6 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 13047.2 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | 11039.2 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2025 |
| 6 Jun 2025 | 10135.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 5 Dec 2024; 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, Lincolnwood, United States, 5 Dec 2024 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/lincolnwood/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Lincolnwood 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).