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Wells Branch, month by month

Wells Branch has a measured daily mean on 1,242 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was May 2024, at 68 US AQI (18.1 µg/m³), 189th of 2,684 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2025, at 36 US AQI (6.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 52 US AQI (9.5 µg/m³), against 53 US AQI (10.3 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202652 so far266 days measured1,078th of 2,791 in the world
202354 for the year299 days measured393rd of 1,355 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Wells Branch'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 Wells Branch 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

Months without a mean, and why

4 months
MonthWhy
Aug 202620 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 202417 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202310 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Feb 20232 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 1 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.

Wells Branch's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
May 2024 6818.1 µg/m³30 of 31189thof 2,684Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024
Southern United States and Mexico, 7 to 10 May 2024
June 2023 6114.6 µg/m³30 of 30400thof 1,603Southern United States and Mexico, June 2023
July 2023 6114.2 µg/m³30 of 31190thof 1,432Texas, United States, July 2023
May 2023 5913.3 µg/m³31 of 31199thof 1,600–
July 2026 5813.0 µg/m³31 of 31730thof 2,784–
April 2025 5712.4 µg/m³28 of 30716thof 2,951–

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.

Wells Branch's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
8 May 2024 12143.7 µg/m³Southern United States and Mexico, 7 to 10 May 2024
2 Apr 2025 11039.3 µg/m³–
27 May 2024 10738.1 µg/m³Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024
31 Jul 2024 10035.4 µg/m³Southern and eastern United States and Mexico, July and August 2024
13 Jun 2023 9733.6 µg/m³Southern United States and Mexico, June 2023
26 May 2024 9532.5 µg/m³Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024
24 May 2024 9331.8 µg/m³Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024
9 May 2024 9231.2 µg/m³Southern United States and Mexico, 7 to 10 May 2024
25 May 2024 9231.1 µg/m³Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024
21 May 2024 9030.3 µg/m³Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024

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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Wells Branch, 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/wells-branch/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Wells Branch 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).