Clean air is a treat in northern Nevada this time of year, with mainly clean air being reported this summer season so far.
We did see some days in the middle of July with poor air quality because of fires in northern California and Oregon, but lately the air has been clean.
That is not the case for the Midwest or northeast lately. Chicago even saw unhealthy air quality on July 31.
Fires in Canada are bringing smoke and haze to areas downwind, like New York City and Chicago. The upper level pattern is out of the northwest, which is favorable for smoke to move into the United States.
Reno did see some smoke and haze around July 14, from fires in northern California and Oregon, but the majority of the summer has been nice.
Buffalo, New York has been in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups level since August 3 but is forecasted to be moderate on Friday.
Chicago is also forecasted to have moderate air quality on Friday.
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there are currently 39 big wildfires in the United States, and we've already lost 3,613,023 acres to wildfires this year.
The ten-year average is 4,189,687 acres.
Colorado currently has eight wildfires and Nevada has three. Nevada has already lost 109,123 acres to fires this year. California has lost 148,349. Reno's air quality is forecasted to be moderate on Friday as well.
