SmogRank / United States / New Jersey / Newark

Newark, month by month

Newark has a measured daily mean on 93 days since 6 July 2026. Its worst month was August 2026, at 43 US AQI (7.7 µg/m³), 1,760th of 2,896 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 28 US AQI (5.1 µg/m³).

Every month since 2026

2026too few days for a mean (a year needs 199)93 days measured

JanFebMarAprMayJunJul21 daysAug43#1,760 Sep28#2,284 Oct37#1,498

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Newark'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 Newark 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

1 month

Month	Why
Jul 2026	21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 5 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.

Newark's worst months

Month	US AQI	Days measured	World rank
August 2026	437.7 µg/m³	31 of 31	1,760thof 2,896
September 2026	285.1 µg/m³	30 of 30	2,284thof 2,981

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.

Newark's worst days

Day	US AQI
16 Jul 2026	15764.0 µg/m³
18 Jul 2026	12846.5 µg/m³
17 Jul 2026	10738.0 µg/m³
15 Jul 2026	8829.0 µg/m³
1 Sept 2026	5611.9 µg/m³
2 Oct 2026	5611.6 µg/m³
11 Aug 2026	5511.5 µg/m³
13 Aug 2026	5511.4 µg/m³
6 Aug 2026	5410.9 µg/m³
17 Sept 2026	5410.9 µg/m³

Daily means, the highest since 6 Jul 2026; 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, Newark, United States, 6 Jul 2026 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/newark/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Newark 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).