SmogRank / United States / Florida / Ocala
Ocala, month by month
Ocala has a measured daily mean on 1,201 days since 4 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2026, at 55 US AQI (11.5 µg/m³), 996th of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 35 US AQI (6.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 46 US AQI (8.3 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.5 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 |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 7 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2025 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Ocala's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 996thof 2,784 | – |
| February 2024 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 523rdof 2,486 | – |
| July 2024 | 5511.0 µg/m³ | 564thof 2,566 | – |
| May 2024 | 5410.6 µg/m³ | 664thof 2,684 | – |
| October 2023 | 5310.2 µg/m³ | 326thof 2,012 | South-eastern United States, October 2023 |
| April 2024 | 5310.1 µg/m³ | 1,005thof 2,520 | – |
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.
Ocala's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2023 | 9935.1 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, October 2023 |
| 1 Jan 2024 | 8929.5 µg/m³ | Florida and Georgia, United States, December 2023 to January 2024 |
| 4 Oct 2023 | 8326.5 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, October 2023 |
| 2 Oct 2023 | 7521.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 5 Jul 2024 | 7421.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 1 Jul 2023 | 7321.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 7220.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 10 Jul 2024 | 7220.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 8 Aug 2024 | 7019.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 6918.9 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 4 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, Ocala, United States, 4 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/ocala/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Ocala now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).