SmogRank / United States / New York / Rochester
Rochester, month by month
Rochester has a measured daily mean on 1,357 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 October 2025, at 21 US AQI (3.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 39 US AQI (7.0 µg/m³), against 34 US AQI (6.2 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
1 month
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 11 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 19 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.
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 Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| July 2026 | 5913.2 µg/m³ | 694thof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| August 2025 | 5813.1 µg/m³ | 561stof 2,901 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| July 2023 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 375thof 1,432 | United States and Canada, July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| February 2026 | 5410.7 µg/m³ | 1,253rdof 2,866 | – |
| June 2025 | 5410.5 µg/m³ | 1,150thof 2,508 | Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2026 | 17995.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 17488.9 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 17488.0 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 16677.4 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 16575.4 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 14653.7 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 13549.2 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 4 Aug 2025 | 12746.0 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 7 Jun 2025 | 12645.8 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025 |
| 6 Aug 2025 | 11440.6 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
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, 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/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Rochester now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 23:07 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).