DC Area Has 2nd Worst Air Quality In The World Today (June 29), Under Code Red

The Canadian wildfire smoke has descended upon the Washington DC area Thursday, June 29, which had the second-worst air quality in the world, according to iqair.com.

Wildfire smoke across mid-Atlantic Thursday, June 29.
Photo Credit: *https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/*

Cecilia Levine

06/29/2023 7:54 a.m.

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments issued a "code red" for Thursday. Chicago had the worst air quality in the world and Dubai had the third worst, according to iqair.com.

According to AirNow.Gov, Washington DC's Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 163 as of 7 a.m., which was indeed a code red, or unhealthy. Plume Labs said the AQI in the DC area was closer to 200, if not above.

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