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Most unhealthy days in New Jersey, United States, January 2023

11 cities in New Jersey, United States ranked by their share of unhealthy days over the 31 days. The most unhealthy days: Pennsauken, United States, 0 of 31 measured days. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

OpenAQ's archive, where our readings come from, has almost none for 7 of these 31 days. Cities in the United States and Europe have them from the EPA's and the European Environment Agency's own records of the same monitors; elsewhere a city's average is over its other days. Why.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

← Pennsauken 0% 0.75%0
Every city in New Jersey, United States ranked for January 2023, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Pennsauken
    0 of 31
  2. 2Elizabeth
    0 of 30
  3. 3Fort Lee
    0 of 31
  4. 4Ewing
    0 of 28
  5. 5New Brunswick
    0 of 26
  6. 6Linden
    0 of 30
  7. 7Paterson
    0 of 31
  8. 8South Vineland
    0 of 31
  9. 9Jersey City
    0 of 29
  10. 10Smithville
    0 of 25
  11. 11Toms River
    0 of 31
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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in New Jersey, United States, by unhealthy days, PM2.5, January 2023, smogrank.com/us/region/new-jersey/history/2023-01?by=days (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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