With smoke traveling in from wildfires burning in Minnesota and Ontario, New York is due for a week of hazy skies and possibly poorer air quality.
When smoke from Canadian wildfires engulfed the city in June 2023, the boroughs turned suddenly orange, with air quality indices reaching 484 — the highest ever recorded. It may not get quite that bad in the city this time around, but the forecast can change quickly.
Parts of upstate New York are slated for an air quality advisory on Wednesday, while the rest of the state, including New York City, will have moderate levels of particulate matter in the air, according to the state Dept. of Environmental Conservation…