The EPA's Air Quality Index can tell you whether breathing outside air can be harmful. Here's how to read the scale to plan ...

The DEC has issued an air quality health advisory for most of upstate New York due to elevated levels of fine particulate ...

Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Kenosha and Sheboygan are all under a poor air quality alert from noon to 11 p.m., according to ...

AirNow and PurpleAir use the Air Quality Index, or A.Q.I., a measure of air quality from 0 to 500 that is composed of six categories, from “good” to “hazardous.” ...

Here’s how to understand the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air quality index (AQI), which measures, on a 300-point scale (along with six categories and advisories), the quality of air in ...

The National Weather Service has issued both a heat and air quality alert for most of downstate New York, Wednesday, July 16.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is used by various government agencies to report how clean or polluted the air is in your area. For example, you may have spotted this metric popping up in local ...