AirNow.gov
Posted on 08/04/2025 10:19:42 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Officials issued air quality alerts on Sunday and Monday for parts of Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Wisconsin.
Smoke from ongoing wildfires in Canada is impacting the air quality in states across the Midwest and Northeast of the U.S.
Officials issued air quality alerts on Sunday and Monday for parts of Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Wisconsin.
The Air Quality Index (AQI), which is the federal measurement system used to calculate air pollution and hazards, had parts of the states in those regions at levels well over 100 — which is depicted as the color orange on the map below means "sensitive groups" such as children, the elderly or pregnant people should spend less time outside.
Map of the current air quality index on August 4, 2025 around 9:30 AM PT.
Some regions even measured an AQI level over 150, depicted in red on the map. It means everyone should avoid physical activity outdoors.
According to Natural Resources Canada, there are than 200 fires burning across the country and dozens of them are out of control.
Unhealthy air can irritate your respiratory system, reduce lung function, damage cells that line the lungs, make lungs more susceptible to infections, aggravate asthma or even cause permanent lung damage in severe cases, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
When air quality is poor, experts say you should stay indoors as much as possible, keep your windows closed, use the recirculate settings on your HVAC system and wear an N95 mask if you must go outside.
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Hazy days, now and all last week, here in the Saginaw Valley.
Not much smoky odor tho.
Still, I live outside this time of year and haven’t had any issues.
...as a ‘senior’. 😂
Not the first time. Smoke from Canada was clear down into Kansas in 2015.
Exactly. Designate the smoke an import then slap a tariff on it.
It’s really not a country anyway....
True...
Need to sue Canada for violating Climate Change regulations. It is obvious that they have no concern for the world when they let a fire burn out of control raising the temperature of the world by several degrees centigrade. They should mobilize the entire nation 24/7 to put out those fires. No Canadian should rest until those fires are put out. Then we can determine damages to be paid by those Climate deniers.
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