SmogRank / United States / Minnesota / Rochester
Rochester, month by month
Rochester, Minnesota has a measured daily mean on 1,304 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 77 US AQI (23.3 µg/m³), 206th of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was April 2024, at 24 US AQI (4.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 49 US AQI (8.8 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
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Rochester's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 7723.3 µg/m³ | 206thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 United States and Canada, June 2023and 1 more |
| July 2025 | 6215.1 µg/m³ | 398thof 2,889 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 Northern United States, July 2025and 1 more |
| June 2025 | 6215.0 µg/m³ | 443rdof 2,508 | Northern United States and Canada, June 2025 Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
| August 2023 | 5913.5 µg/m³ | 249thof 1,980 | – |
| August 2025 | 5913.2 µg/m³ | 542ndof 2,901 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| July 2026 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 811thof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
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.
Rochester's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun 2023 | 16676.8 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 31 Jul 2025 | 16676.2 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 1 Aug 2025 | 16271.0 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 3 Jun 2025 | 15561.9 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
| 13 May 2024 | 15561.8 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May 2024 |
| 19 Jul 2026 | 15156.1 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | 15155.5 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, June 2023 |
| 14 Jun 2023 | 13248.1 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, June 2023 |
| 15 Jul 2023 | 12645.8 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 27 Jun 2023 | 12344.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
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, Rochester, Minnesota, 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/rochester-minnesota/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Rochester now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 02:07 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).