“As Illinois continues to face challenges with poor and dangerous air quality, it is important for residents to be better aware of the air quality forecasts in their community and take the ...

Illinois air quality today The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has called for an Air Quality Action Day through midnight Friday due to high levels of Fine Particles PM 2.5 in the air.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has called for an Air Quality Action Day through midnight Friday due to high levels of Fine Particles PM 2.5 in the air.

PEORIA – Kirk Huettl, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Lincoln office since 1998, has never seen air quality this poor in central Illinois. Smoke from the Canadian wildfires ...

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To stay up to date on the latest air quality in your area," the Illinois EPA said. An Air Quality Alert is in effect Tue, 6/26 - Wed, 6/27. Smoke from wildfires in Canada has moved into the region.

In Illinois, air quality was classified as moderate, including in Chicago, by the state EPA. Still, residents with health conditions are advised to stay indoors.

David Brown, an air quality meteorologist at the agency, said Minnesota usually issues no more than two or three air quality alerts a year. The previous record was 21 alerts for all of 2021, he said.