SmogRank / United States / Washington / Ridgefield
Ridgefield, month by month
Ridgefield has a measured daily mean on 1,274 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2023, at 49 US AQI (8.9 µg/m³), 796th of 1,980 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 16 US AQI (2.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 24 US AQI (4.4 µg/m³), against 24 US AQI (4.4 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
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 3 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2023 | 1 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 2 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.
Ridgefield's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | 498.9 µg/m³ | 796thof 1,980 | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| August 2026 | 478.5 µg/m³ | 1,373rdof 2,896 | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| November 2023 | 437.7 µg/m³ | 1,236thof 2,243 | – |
| October 2023 | 417.4 µg/m³ | 974thof 2,012 | – |
| January 2025 | 366.4 µg/m³ | 1,884thof 2,474 | – |
| January 2026 | 325.8 µg/m³ | 2,174thof 2,617 | – |
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.
Ridgefield's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Aug 2026 | 12746.1 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 20 Aug 2023 | 11139.4 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 10938.7 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 7622.7 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 25 Aug 2023 | 7522.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 6 Sept 2024 | 7521.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 27 Aug 2023 | 7220.4 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 26 Aug 2023 | 7120.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 10 Nov 2024 | 6918.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 30 Jan 2025 | 6918.9 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Ridgefield, 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/ridgefield-washington/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Ridgefield now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).