North American Air Pollution Statistics

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI	Air Pollution Level	Health Implications	Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50	Good	Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk	None
51 -100	Moderate	Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200	Unhealthy	Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300	Very Unhealthy	Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+	Hazardous	Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects	Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

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Worst
	Lafayette USGS site, Louisiana, USA on 2017-09-22 08:00:00 graph 0	883
	Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada on 2017-09-22 07:00:00 graph 1	490
	CDF - Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, California on 2017-09-22 07:00:00 graph 2	173
	Government Camp - Multorpor Visibility, Oregon, USA on 2017-09-22 07:00:00 graph 3	152
	Niland-English Road, Imperial, California, California on 2017-09-22 06:00:00 graph 4	150
	Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada on 2017-09-22 05:00:00 graph 5	142
	Nipomo-Guadalupe Road, San Luis Obispo, California, California on 2017-09-22 07:00:00 graph 6	95
	Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA on 2017-09-22 08:00:00 graph 7	72
	Dearborn, Michigan, USA on 2017-09-22 08:00:00 graph 8	72
	Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA on 2017-09-22 06:00:00 graph 9	71

Best
	Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada on 2017-09-22 05:00:00 graph 0	1
	Ketchum, Idaho, USA on 2017-09-22 07:00:00 graph 1	1
	Nile, Washington, USA on 2017-09-22 06:00:00 graph 2	1
	Taos Fire Station, New Mexico, USA on 2017-09-22 05:00:00 graph 3	2
	Worcester Summer St, USA on 2017-09-22 05:00:00 graph 4	2
	CRNL Horizon, Alberta, Canada on 2017-09-22 07:00:00 graph 5	2
	Ardrossan, Alberta, Canada on 2017-09-22 07:00:00 graph 6	2
	Edson, Alberta, Canada on 2017-09-22 07:00:00 graph 7	3
	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada on 2017-09-22 07:00:00 graph 8	3
	Maidstone, Saskatchewan, Canada on 2017-09-22 06:00:00 graph 9	3

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