What is the air quality trend in New York City?

Over the past 8 days, New York City had an average AQI of 31 based on station measurements. The worst day was 2026-06-09 with AQI 96.

How is New York City air quality measured?

Air quality in New York City is measured by ground-level monitoring stations that report PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations hourly. CERNS.IO aggregates readings from nearby stations and converts PM2.5 to the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) scale.

Air Quality History for New York City, United States

Name: New York City Air Quality History
Creator: CERNS.IO
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Historical PM2.5 and AQI trend from monitoring stations near New York City, United States.

Current AQI
Good Station

48 Hours 7 Days 14 Days 20 Days

CSV JSON

Air Quality Index Station

88h

PM2.5 Station

88h · 1 station

Temperature GFS model

28pt

Precipitation GFS model

mm/day

Daily Summary Station

Date	AQI	Range	PM2.5 avg	PM10 avg	Hours	Stations
2026-06-09	96	96–96	33.3 µg/m³	37.7	1h	1
2026-06-08	22	22–22	5.2 µg/m³	5.3	1h	1
2026-06-07	32	4–167	11.4 µg/m³	11.6	14h	1
2026-06-06	55	12–176	17.6 µg/m³	17.9	24h	1
2026-06-05	23	6–49	5.6 µg/m³	5.9	23h	1
2026-06-04	9	2–20	2.2 µg/m³	2.3	10h	1
2026-06-03	7	4–14	1.7 µg/m³	1.7	8h	1
2026-06-02	8	4–14	1.9 µg/m³	2.2	7h	1

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