SmogRank / United States / Alabama / Prichard
Prichard, month by month
Prichard has a measured daily mean on 1,269 days since 11 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2023, at 57 US AQI (12.1 µg/m³), 391st of 1,432 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2023, at 29 US AQI (5.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 42 US AQI (7.6 µg/m³), against 46 US AQI (8.2 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
4 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2023 | 8 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 7 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.
Prichard's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | 5712.1 µg/m³ | 391stof 1,432 |
| August 2023 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 393rdof 1,980 |
| July 2026 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 1,021stof 2,784 |
| June 2023 | 5511.3 µg/m³ | 611thof 1,603 |
| May 2023 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 358thof 1,600 |
| August 2024 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 551stof 2,010 |
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.
Prichard's worst days
| Day | US AQI |
|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2023 | 7823.4 µg/m³ |
| 25 Feb 2024 | 7823.4 µg/m³ |
| 5 Jul 2024 | 7723.0 µg/m³ |
| 7 Jun 2025 | 7521.8 µg/m³ |
| 4 Jul 2023 | 7421.3 µg/m³ |
| 16 Mar 2023 | 7321.1 µg/m³ |
| 1 Jul 2023 | 7320.8 µg/m³ |
| 4 Jul 2024 | 7120.1 µg/m³ |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 7119.9 µg/m³ |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 7119.7 µg/m³ |
Daily means, the highest since 11 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, Prichard, United States, 11 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/prichard/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Prichard 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).