SmogRank / United States / Washington / Port Townsend

Port Townsend, month by month

Port Townsend has a measured daily mean on 1,282 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2023, at 40 US AQI (7.2 µg/m³), 1,258th of 1,980 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 17 US AQI (3.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 23 US AQI (4.2 µg/m³), against 24 US AQI (4.3 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

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

2 months
MonthWhy
Mar 20237 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitor, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive.
Feb 20231 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Port Townsend's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
August 2023 407.2 µg/m³31 of 311,258thof 1,980North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
January 2025 397.1 µg/m³31 of 311,673rdof 2,474–
November 2023 386.9 µg/m³23 of 301,467thof 2,243–
December 2024 325.8 µg/m³31 of 312,116thof 2,616–
January 2026 325.8 µg/m³31 of 312,174thof 2,617–
November 2024 295.2 µg/m³30 of 302,239thof 2,624–

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.

Port Townsend's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
26 Aug 2023 8829.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
25 Aug 2023 7120.1 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
27 Aug 2023 7019.5 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
20 Aug 2023 6919.0 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
28 Aug 2023 6315.8 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
21 Jan 2025 5913.3 µg/m³–
29 Jan 2025 5913.3 µg/m³–
26 Jan 2026 5812.8 µg/m³–
1 Jan 2026 5812.7 µg/m³–
4 Dec 2024 5812.6 µg/m³–

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, Port Townsend, 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/port-townsend/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Port Townsend 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).