The smoke was a problem elsewhere in the Upper Midwest, too. The MPCA said a cold front will move across Minnesota on Wednesday, bringing cleaner air from the west across the region by early Thursday. “If they think the smoke’s not that bad, they should come up here and see it for themselves,” Daley said. He also worries that people nationwide who haven’t experienced bad air quality days won’t take it seriously. Paul, looking east along Selby Avenue, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

A smoky haze from Canadian wildfires clouds the view of downtown St. Daley said poor air quality makes it difficult to do things he enjoys, such as hiking, camping and walking around town.

He said the hazy sky made him wonder if this would be the summer norm going forward. The air quality was considered “unhealthy for everyone” in the southern half of the state Wednesday afternoon.ĭaley said he smelled - and tasted - smoke in the air Tuesday morning when he left his house in St. People are advised to limit time outside. Paul recorded the worst air quality in the United States two weeks ago due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Minnesota usually averages two or three alerts in a season. The MPCA tweeted that Tuesday marked the 23rd air quality alert in Minnesota this year, breaking the previous record of 21 in 2021. If it seems as if there have been an unusually high number of air quality alerts this summer, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says that’s correct. That includes the Twin Cities area, up to the northeast corner of the state and down to the southwest and southeast corners. Smoke from wildfires in Ontario and Quebec moved into Minnesota late Monday, and ground-level smoke is expected to linger across southern, east-central and northeastern Minnesota. Wildfire smoke from Canada prompted officials on Tuesday to issue a record 23rd air quality alert for much of Minnesota through late Wednesday night as smoky skies obscure the Minneapolis and St.

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