SmogRank / United States / Illinois / Oak Lawn

Oak Lawn, month by month

Oak Lawn has a measured daily mean on 1,237 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2026, at 85 US AQI (27.1 µg/m³), 178th of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2024, at 30 US AQI (5.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 49 US AQI (8.8 µg/m³), against 45 US AQI (8.1 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202354 for the year293 days measured347th of 1,355 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Oak Lawn'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 Oak Lawn 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

4 months
MonthWhy
Jan 20256 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 25 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 202420 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202311 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive.
Feb 20232 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 1 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.

Oak Lawn's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2026 8527.1 µg/m³31 of 31178thof 2,784Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
June 2023 7019.4 µg/m³30 of 30277thof 1,603Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
June 2025 6315.3 µg/m³30 of 30422ndof 2,508Northern United States and Canada, June 2025
Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025
July 2025 5913.3 µg/m³27 of 31591stof 2,889North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025
Northern United States, July 2025
July 2023 5712.5 µg/m³30 of 31344thof 1,432Northern United States and Canada, July 2023
United States and Canada, July 2023and 2 more
August 2025 5712.1 µg/m³30 of 31748thof 2,901North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 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.

Oak Lawn's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
16 Jul 2026 277202.0 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
17 Jul 2026 211136.0 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
27 Jun 2023 16879.2 µg/m³Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
28 Jun 2023 16474.3 µg/m³Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
19 Jul 2026 15966.4 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
31 Jul 2025 15256.7 µg/m³North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025
20 Jul 2026 14352.5 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
5 Jun 2025 13448.9 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025
1 Aug 2025 12545.1 µg/m³North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025
29 Jun 2023 11541.2 µg/m³Eastern United States and Canada, June and 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, Oak Lawn, 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/oak-lawn/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Oak Lawn 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).