SmogRank / United States / North Carolina / Wake Forest
Wake Forest, month by month
Wake Forest has a measured daily mean on 750 days since 15 March 2024. Its worst month was July 2026, at 68 US AQI (18.4 µg/m³), 380th of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2024, at 28 US AQI (5.1 µg/m³).
Every month since 2024
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
9 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | 5 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 25 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | 17 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2025 | 9 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2024 | 5 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 26 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2024 | 15 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | 7 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 6 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.
Wake Forest's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 6818.4 µg/m³ | 380thof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| June 2025 | 6516.8 µg/m³ | 320thof 2,508 | – |
| July 2025 | 6415.9 µg/m³ | 341stof 2,889 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 North-eastern United States, July 2025 |
| June 2026 | 6315.3 µg/m³ | 337thof 2,497 | – |
| August 2026 | 6114.6 µg/m³ | 401stof 2,896 | – |
| September 2025 | 5813.1 µg/m³ | 398thof 3,104 | – |
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.
Wake Forest's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2026 | 11240.1 µg/m³ | Eastern United States, February 2026 |
| 21 Nov 2025 | 10436.9 µg/m³ | North Carolina and South Carolina, United States, November 2025 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 9935.1 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 22 Mar 2026 | 9734.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 24 Jun 2025 | 9633.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 8 Aug 2025 | 9633.0 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 9633.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 31 May 2025 | 9230.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 25 Jun 2025 | 9130.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 6 Jan 2026 | 9030.3 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 15 Mar 2024; 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, Wake Forest, United States, 15 Mar 2024 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirGradient via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/wake-forest/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Wake Forest now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).