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Short Pump, month by month

Short Pump has a measured daily mean on 488 days since 3 June 2025. Its worst month was July 2026, at 59 US AQI (13.4 µg/m³), 669th of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2025, at 23 US AQI (4.1 µg/m³).

Every month since 2025

202642 so far283 days measured2,053rd of 2,791 in the world

Jan37#1,901 Feb43#2,049 Mar40#2,314 Apr36#2,078 May32#2,069 Jun39#1,463 Jul59#669 Aug44#1,619 Sep31#2,005 Oct31#1,941

2025too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)205 days measured

JanFebMarAprMayJun46#1,787 Jul44#1,800 Aug37#2,290 Sep37#1,805 Oct23#2,367 Nov37#1,996 Dec33#2,474

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Short Pump's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Short Pump marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.

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

Short Pump's worst months

Month	US AQI	Days measured	World rank	Episode
July 2026	5913.4 µg/m³	31 of 31	669thof 2,784	Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
June 2025	468.2 µg/m³	28 of 30	1,787thof 2,508	–
August 2026	448.0 µg/m³	31 of 31	1,619thof 2,896	–
July 2025	447.9 µg/m³	31 of 31	1,800thof 2,889	–
February 2026	437.7 µg/m³	28 of 28	2,049thof 2,866	–
March 2026	407.2 µg/m³	31 of 31	2,314thof 2,971	–

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.

Short Pump's worst days

Day	US AQI	Episode
17 Jul 2026	186106.0 µg/m³	Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
18 Jul 2026	9934.6 µg/m³	Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
7 Aug 2025	7622.7 µg/m³	–
20 Jul 2026	7421.7 µg/m³	Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
5 Jul 2025	7019.3 µg/m³	–
3 Jul 2026	6918.7 µg/m³	–
25 Feb 2026	6918.5 µg/m³	–
2 Jul 2026	6516.8 µg/m³	–
12 Jun 2025	6516.5 µg/m³	–
4 Jul 2026	6416.2 µg/m³	–

Daily means, the highest since 3 Jun 2025; 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Short Pump, United States, 3 Jun 2025 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/short-pump/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).