SmogRank / World / United States / Pennsylvania / January 2023
Most polluted cities in Pennsylvania, United States, January 2023
26 cities in Pennsylvania, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: New Holland at 18.7 µg/m³, #167 of 1,225 cities in the world. Cleanest: Scranton at 6.6. 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.
- 1New Holland 4%
- 2Monessen 0%
- 3Lancaster 0%
- 4Harrisburg 0%
- 5Beaver Falls 0%
- 6Kennedy Township 0%
- 7Lebanon 0%
- 8Wyomissing 0%
- 9Schlusser 0%
- 10Johnstown 0%
- 10Pittsburgh 0%
- 12York 0%
- 12West Mifflin 0%
- 14New Brighton 0%
- 15Kennett Square 0%
- 16Bethlehem 0%
- 16Wilkinsburg 0%
- 18Philadelphia 0%
- 19Jefferson Hills 0%
- 19Norristown 0%
- 21Erie 0%
- 22Allentown 0%
- 22Hermitage 0%
- 24State College 0%
- 25Altoona 0%
- 26Scranton 0%
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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