Our weekend forecast showcased some partial blue skies from time to time, and while they were not entirely blue, there was noticeably less smoke in the skies. That is a theme that will carry over into ...

Another air quality alert is in effect Tuesday for NYC, western Long Island, the Hudson Valley, northwest New Jersey and ...

A departing cold front along the Northeast coast has allowed for cooler, drier, more comfortable air to leak in across all ...

Air quality reached “very unhealthy” levels in parts of the region Friday afternoon as smoke spread from the growing Pickett ...

The U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI) is the Environmental Protection Agency’s tool for reporting outdoor air quality and health. The AQI includes six color-coded categories, each corresponding to a ...

Ideally, you want the AQI to be no higher than 50, assuming that you aren’t Hedorah, that Smog Monster from that 1971 Godzilla movie. An AQI of 100 corresponds to the level set as the short-term ...

The Air Quality Index is a scale used for daily reporting of how clean or polluted the air is, and what health effects might be of concern.