{"id":1095549,"date":"2026-07-17T20:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1095549\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:51:28","slug":"maps-tracking-air-quality-and-smoke-from-wildfires-in-canada-and-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1095549\/","title":{"rendered":"Maps: Tracking Air Quality and Smoke From Wildfires in Canada and the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">Wildfires in Canada, the United States and Mexico often send smoke throughout the continent. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/07\/17\/weather\/wildfire-smoke-air-quality\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow our latest coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-wrapper_meta g-text-align-left svelte-fkyd84\" style=\"--g-caption-display:inline;--g-caption-margin-bottom:0;\">  Source: Global Systems Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The New York Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">This is the current status of air quality across the United States and Canada.  (Here\u2019s a guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/air-quality-index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">understanding air quality readings<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-wrapper_meta g-text-align-left svelte-fkyd84\" style=\"--g-caption-display:inline;--g-caption-margin-bottom:0;\">  Source: AirNow The New York Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">This table highlights the most affected cities we\u2019re tracking. Use the search box below to look for a specific place.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-wrapper_meta g-text-align-left svelte-fkyd84\" style=\"--g-caption-display:inline;--g-caption-margin-bottom:0;\">  Source: AirNow The New York Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">Smoke and particulate matter can travel far from their origin. Much of the smoke that has affected the Midwest and Northeastern United States can be traced back to fires burning in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Recent near-surface smoke<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-wrapper_meta g-text-align-left svelte-fkyd84\" style=\"--g-caption-display:inline;--g-caption-margin-bottom:0;\">  Source: Global Systems Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The New York Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">Notes<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-kxgec5\"><strong>Forecast smoke map <\/strong>Based on models and may underestimate smoke because of cloud cover or other obstructions. Contours show estimates of wildfire smoke near the surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-kxgec5\"><strong>Near-surface smoke map <\/strong>Hourly near-surface wildfire smoke concentrations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration HRRR-Smoke model.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">An earlier version of a table with this article misidentified a location that reported poor air quality. It is Aurora, Ill., not Aurora, Colo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wildfires in Canada, the United States and Mexico often send smoke throughout the continent. 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