Hazy skies and low air high quality returned to the 5 boroughs on Monday, as smoke from Canadian wildfires once more created a grey scene within the New York skies.
All of New York state and nearly all of New England was below an air high quality alert from the Nationwide Climate Service on Monday afternoon. The warning for New York Metropolis prolonged till midnight.
“Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups, including older adults, children, and people with heart or lung conditions,” NYC’s emergency division wrote on social media. “You may notice a faint smell of smoke, and low visibility conditions.”
It has change into a depressingly acquainted story for New Yorkers lately. Smoke from uncontrolled wildfires in Canada, most of them within the province of Manitoba, has been carried south and east by widespread wind patterns.
Folks look out on the New York Metropolis skyline beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in New York, throughout an air high quality alert issued for the New York area resulting from wildfire smoke from Canada. (Heather Khalifa/AP)
The worst air high quality lately occurred in June 2023, when the smoke grew to become so thick it created an orange haze over town. Nevertheless, the subpar air high quality has returned to town in every of the previous two summers as properly, together with a number of instances earlier this 12 months.
“Limit outdoor activity, close windows, use air purifiers if available, and consider wearing a high-quality mask if you must go outside and are in a sensitive group,” NYC Emergency Administration warned.
New York was hardly alone in coping with poor air high quality on Monday. All of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware, together with the vast majority of Vermont have been additionally below air high quality alerts.
Initially Revealed: August 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM EDT
