# Wildly high PM25 values from api **URL:** https://community.purpleair.com/t/wildly-high-pm25-values-from-api/22753 **Category:** Data **Created:** [June 8, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/wildly-high-pm25-values-from-api/22753 "2026-06-08T00:09:51Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![Scott\_Beam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/scott_beam/32/954_2.png) [@Scott\_Beam](https://community.purpleair.com/u/Scott_Beam) #### Post date: [June 12, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/wildly-high-pm25-values-from-api/22753/4 "2026-06-12T17:41:33Z")
looks similar to this issue and is just part of having unmaintained sensors out in the world. does make me question the validity of the whole platform though tbh as these sensors age and start pumping out bad data. i’m seeing up to about 100 of these a day in my data > [@Unusually High Sensor Reading Maintained for Months](https://community.purpleair.com/t/unusually-high-sensor-reading-maintained-for-months/5637/4): > > Maybe somebody checked on that sensor and maybe they fixed it? I don’t know what would have caused such a high reading. If it is still reading according to the average going rate for a lot of the stations, then it’s probably good again. > [@Unusually High Sensor Reading Maintained for Months](https://community.purpleair.com/t/unusually-high-sensor-reading-maintained-for-months/5637/4): > > Maybe somebody checked on that sensor and maybe they fixed it? I don’t know what would have caused such a high reading. If it is still reading according to the average going rate for a lot of the stations, then it’s probably good again. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.purpleair.com/t/wildly-high-pm25-values-from-api/22753)._