SmogRank / United States / Virginia / Springfield
Springfield, month by month
Springfield, Virginia has a measured daily mean on 1,348 days since 11 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 82 US AQI (26.0 µg/m³), 161st of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2025, at 24 US AQI (4.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 39 US AQI (7.0 µg/m³), against 38 US AQI (6.8 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 |
|---|---|
| Jan 2023 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Springfield's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 8226.0 µg/m³ | 161stof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| July 2026 | 6516.6 µg/m³ | 440thof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 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 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 1,208thof 2,866 | – |
| July 2025 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 1,361stof 2,889 | North-eastern United States, July 2025 |
| June 2025 | 529.4 µg/m³ | 1,481stof 2,508 | – |
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.
Springfield's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2026 | 235160.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 203128.0 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 17590.4 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 17589.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 18 Jul 2026 | 14452.8 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 13549.3 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States, July 2025 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 12545.2 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 11842.4 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 9834.1 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 9532.9 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
Daily means, the highest since 11 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, Springfield, Virginia, United States, 11 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/springfield-virginia/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Springfield now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).