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2025 PM2.5 Exceedances

(Through August 5, 2025)

Below are the exceedances of the 35 µg/m3 24-hour average PM2.5 standard and the dates they occurred for each continuous PM2.5 monitor in New England. Data from these monitors are not used for official purposes such as determining if an area meets the PM2.5 standard. All data are preliminary and subject to change.

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Connecticut

Monitor LocationConcentration (µg/m3)Date/AQI Map
Cornwall41.8August 5, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Danbury39.7
East Hartford45.9
Hartford43.1
Waterbury38.2
Cornwall37.8August 4, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Cornwall49July 26, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Danbury42.5
East Hartford39.9
Hartford38.1
Waterbury39.9

Maine

Monitor LocationConcentration (µg/m3)Date/AQI Map
Portland Tukey36.7August 4, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Rumford38
Presque Isle DEP42.2August 3, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Madawaska PSB40.9
Presque Isle Riverside40.4
Rumford35.5July 27, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Portland Tukey40.8July 26, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Rumford49.3
Madawaska35.7July 15, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Portland Tukey35.5June 8, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Madawaska45.4June 7, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Presque Isle DEP44.2
Presque Isle Riverside39.2
Madawaska47.6June 6, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Mi'kmaq Nation37.3
Presque Isle DEP47.8
Presque Isle Riverside45.2

Massachusetts

Monitor LocationConcentration (µg/m3)Date/AQI Map
Chicopee39August 5, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Greenfield40
North Adams43
Pittsfield ES44.7
Springfield45
Ware39
North Adams35.9August 4, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Pittsfield ES36.3
Boston-Von Hillern37.5July 26, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Chicopee39.2
Greenfield40.8
North Adams42.4
Pittsfield ES42.5
Springfield44.1
Ware41.9
Boston-Von Hillern35.9June 8, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map

New Hampshire

Monitor LocationConcentration (µg/m3)Date/AQI Map
Keene38.6August 5, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Lebanon40.5
Miller State Park37
Lebanon35.5August 4, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Miller State Park36.3
Keene41.3July 26, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Lebanon40.1
Miller State Park44.4

Rhode Island

Monitor LocationConcentration (µg/m3)Date/AQI Map
   

Vermont

Monitor LocationConcentration (µg/m3)Date/AQI Map
Bennington38.8August 5, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Underhill46.8August 4, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Bennington43.9July 26, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map
Rutland47.2
Underhill63.3
Underhill37.5June 7, 2025 PM 2.5 AQI Map

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Last updated on August 7, 2025
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