SmogRank / United States / South Dakota / Vermillion
Vermillion, month by month
Vermillion has a measured daily mean on 1,249 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was September 2023, at 65 US AQI (16.4 µg/m³), 148th of 2,176 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 12 US AQI (2.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 31 US AQI (5.5 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
3 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| May 2025 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with no readings from the monitor. |
| 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.
Vermillion's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | 6516.4 µg/m³ | 148thof 2,176 | Northern United States, September 2023 Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| June 2023 | 5712.1 µg/m³ | 546thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| July 2023 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 467thof 1,432 | United States and Canada, July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| July 2024 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 489thof 2,566 | – |
| May 2023 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 418thof 1,600 | Northern United States and Canada, May 2023 |
| August 2024 | 519.2 µg/m³ | 804thof 2,010 | – |
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.
Vermillion's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2023 | 17285.7 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May 2023 |
| 16 Jul 2023 | 16576.1 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 6 Sept 2023 | 16068.6 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| 7 Sept 2023 | 13549.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| 15 Jul 2023 | 12846.5 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 9 Sept 2023 | 12143.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 8 Sept 2023 | 12043.2 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| 1 Aug 2025 | 11741.8 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 10 Sept 2023 | 11641.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 31 Jul 2025 | 11239.9 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, Vermillion, 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/vermillion/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Vermillion now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).