SmogRank / United States / Kentucky / Somerset
Somerset, month by month
Somerset has a measured daily mean on 1,313 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 64 US AQI (16.2 µg/m³), 352nd of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 25 US AQI (4.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 37 US AQI (6.7 µg/m³), against 37 US AQI (6.6 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 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| 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.
Somerset's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 6416.2 µg/m³ | 352ndof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| July 2023 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 552ndof 1,432 | United States and Canada, July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| March 2026 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 1,446thof 2,971 | – |
| February 2026 | 529.9 µg/m³ | 1,418thof 2,866 | – |
| August 2023 | 529.7 µg/m³ | 668thof 1,980 | – |
| November 2023 | 519.2 µg/m³ | 819thof 2,243 | – |
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.
Somerset's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar 2026 | 12946.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 12244.0 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 10637.7 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 10436.7 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 16 Jul 2023 | 8929.6 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 8627.8 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 9 Jun 2023 | 8326.2 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 8024.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 10 Jun 2023 | 7823.6 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 7723.2 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 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, Somerset, 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/somerset-kentucky/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Somerset now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).