SmogRank / United States / Washington / Yakima
Yakima, month by month
Yakima has a measured daily mean on 1,347 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2026, at 76 US AQI (22.4 µg/m³), 197th of 2,896 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2024, at 17 US AQI (3.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 47 US AQI (8.5 µg/m³), against 41 US AQI (7.3 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
Yakima's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 7622.4 µg/m³ | 197thof 2,896 | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
| August 2023 | 6918.8 µg/m³ | 141stof 1,980 | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| September 2025 | 6818.3 µg/m³ | 251stof 3,104 | North-western Canada and United States, September 2025 North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025 |
| January 2026 | 6114.3 µg/m³ | 793rdof 2,617 | Washington, United States, January 2026 |
| January 2023 | 6014.0 µg/m³ | 276thof 1,261 | – |
| November 2023 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 194thof 2,243 | North-western United States and Canada, October and November 2023 |
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.
Yakima's worst days
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, Yakima, 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/yakima/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Yakima now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).