Wisconsin has seen more air quality advisories for wildfire smoke in 2025 thus far than in all of 2024. Here's how you can track it and keep yourself safe.

Recent Canadian wildfire smoke provided a reminder of Wisconsin’s smoke-filled summer days a year ago, as Canada's drought continues to provide ample conditions for new fires.

This pollution is often worse during the same times of year when wildfire smoke reaches Wisconsin, said Dr. Beth White, a family physician in Viroqua, a city of 4,500 people in rural western ...

The smoke is coming from Canadian wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, according to the Wisconsin DNR. Rising heat, winds, and dry air sparked blazes in those Canadian provinces.

This pollution is often worse during the same times of year when wildfire smoke reaches Wisconsin, said Dr. Beth White, a family physician in Viroqua, a city of 4,500 people in rural western ...

Wildfire smoke carries particle pollution — known as PM2.5 — so tiny it can penetrate the lungs and enter the bloodstream. That can irritate your respiratory system, causing coughing, wheezing ...

If you’re in the northern part of the Central United States and the skies look smoky, here’s why: Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin were under an air quality alert on Monday because of wildfire ...

This week's air quality advisory is the latest in a series that has plagued Wisconsin throughout the summer, all caused by Canadian wildfire smoke. Less than two months ago, on the evening of June ...

National Weather Service Green Bay forecast office meteorologist Kurt Kotenberg considers wildfire smoke air quality alerts in Wisconsin and the potential for such conditions to return going ...

In Wisconsin, the wildfire season continues at a strong pace, too. This year, there have been 728 wildfires, up from the 10-year average of 466 wildfires at this time of year.

MILWAUKEE - Canadian wildfire smoke prompted the issuance of another air quality alert for southeast Wisconsin on Monday, June 26, set to last through midday Thursday.