SmogRank / United States / Indiana / New Albany
New Albany, month by month
New Albany has a measured daily mean on 1,239 days since 14 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 68 US AQI (18.3 µg/m³), 301st of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2024, at 26 US AQI (4.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 43 US AQI (7.7 µg/m³), against 38 US AQI (6.9 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
6 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 7 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitor, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Nov 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2024 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2023 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 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.
New Albany's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 6818.3 µg/m³ | 301stof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 United States and Canada, June 2023and 1 more |
| January 2025 | 5410.5 µg/m³ | 909thof 2,474 | – |
| February 2025 | 5310.3 µg/m³ | 1,160thof 2,633 | – |
| August 2023 | 5310.2 µg/m³ | 592ndof 1,980 | – |
| February 2026 | 529.8 µg/m³ | 1,455thof 2,866 | – |
| September 2025 | 519.3 µg/m³ | 824thof 3,104 | – |
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.
New Albany's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun 2023 | 16575.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 5 Jul 2023 | 13449.1 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States, 4 to 5 July 2023 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 11340.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 10236.1 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States, July 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 8728.3 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, June 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | 8627.9 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, June 2023 |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 8125.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 7924.0 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 7924.0 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 27 Jun 2023 | 7723.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
Daily means, the highest since 14 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, New Albany, United States, 14 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/new-albany/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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New Albany now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 03:07 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).