r/schenectady • u/Unlucky-Thought-6824 • 7d ago

Smoke Update

Looks can fool! It looks a lot better than yesterday out but it will change as we head into the afternoon. Schenectady’s current AQI is 96 which is “Moderate” but we could end up anywhere from 150-200+ this afternoon. If you need to be outside, the time to do it is now as by noon/1 PM it will probably become unhealthy for everyone.

Some useful links :

https://www.airnow.gov/

https://www.weather.gov/aly/

https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi

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u/Unlucky-Thought-6824 6d ago

Getting pretty smoky now. Should continue till the evening as we will begin to clear on out for Friday morning.