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3
PM2.5 µg/m³
17
AQI
0.4
Cleanest in reach · µg/m³
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Whitehorse Clean · PM2.5 0–5 Good · 5–9 Elevated · 9–15 Polluted · 15–35 Unhealthy · 35–55 Severe · 55+
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Carcross
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#1CarcrossPM2.5 0.6~1 h 5 min drivesaves 0.8 cigs/wk

Yukon· PM2.5 0.6 µg/m³

Lakeside village south of Whitehorse with mountain air, cabins and highway access toward Skagway.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 0.6 µg/m³ here vs 3 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 0.6/22 × 7 = 0.2 here; 3/22 × 7 = 1.0 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

2.4 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Whitehorse right now

80% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:12 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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Still smoky
Haines
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#2HainesPM2.5 0.4Checking road routesaves 0.8 cigs/wk

Alaska· PM2.5 0.4 µg/m³

Quiet Inside Passage town at the Chilkat River mouth, ringed by mountains with cool marine-fjord air.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 0.4 µg/m³ here vs 3 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 0.4/22 × 7 = 0.1 here; 3/22 × 7 = 1.0 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

2.6 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Whitehorse right now

87% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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Still smoky
Skagway
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#3SkagwayPM2.5 0.5Checking road routesaves 0.8 cigs/wk

Alaska· PM2.5 0.5 µg/m³

Gold Rush port town at the head of the Inside Passage, wrapped in cool fjord air between steep peaks.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 0.5 µg/m³ here vs 3 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 0.5/22 × 7 = 0.2 here; 3/22 × 7 = 1.0 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

2.5 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Whitehorse right now

83% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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Still smoky
Haines Junction
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#4Haines JunctionParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.0 cigs/wk

Yukon

Yukon community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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Still smoky
Sitka
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#5SitkaPM2.5 1.1Checking road routesaves 0.6 cigs/wk

Alaska· PM2.5 1.1 µg/m³

Island town on the open Pacific side of the Alexander Archipelago, wrapped in cool marine air.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 1.1 µg/m³ here vs 3 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.1/22 × 7 = 0.4 here; 3/22 × 7 = 1.0 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
63% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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Still smoky
Dawson City
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#6Dawson CityPM2.5 1.1Checking road routesaves 0.6 cigs/wk

Yukon· PM2.5 1.1 µg/m³

Historic Klondike gold-rush town on the Yukon River, remote from any urban source with heritage inns.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 1.1 µg/m³ here vs 3 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.1/22 × 7 = 0.4 here; 3/22 × 7 = 1.0 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
63% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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Still smoky
Juneau
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#7JuneauPM2.5 2Checking road route

Alaska· PM2.5 2 µg/m³

Alaska's capital, wedged between the Coast Mountains and the Gastineau Channel, with cool fjord air.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 2 µg/m³ here vs 3 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 2/22 × 7 = 0.6 here; 3/22 × 7 = 1.0 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
33% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 7:00 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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Still smoky
Cordova
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#8CordovaPM2.5 6.7Checking road route

Alaska· PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³

Remote fishing town on Prince William Sound, reachable only by boat or plane, with clean marine air.

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 6.7 µg/m³ here vs 3 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 6.7/22 × 7 = 2.1 here; 3/22 × 7 = 1.0 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

Air is currently worse here than in Whitehorse

123% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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Still smoky
Petersburg
Cel-shaded illustration of Petersburg
#9PetersburgParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.0 cigs/wk

Alaska

Alaska community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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Still smoky
Wrangell
Cel-shaded illustration of Wrangell
#10WrangellParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.0 cigs/wk

Alaska

Alaska community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

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AQHI 1: Low risk (Whitehorse)Observed Jul 27, 8:00 p.m. EDTLast scan Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT · 53 min ago

Why live rankings? Smoke plumes are patchy and shift with the wind, so no direction is reliably cleaner. This list is recalculated from live PM2.5 every hour — and if everything nearby is smoky, it says so.

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What this means · Whitehorse

Clear skies!

1.0cigarettes

per week, if this air holds

Act two · The scale

Where today lands

From a crisp horizon to smoke you can taste — here’s your reading on it.

3 µg/m³
CrispSome smokeHeavy smoke

Act three · The ladder

What each rung feels like

  • 0–3µg/m³Natural. About as clean as outdoor air realistically gets.
  • 3–5µg/m³Clean. Crisp, destination-worthy air.
  • 5–9µg/m³Good. Clean city air; most people will not notice anything today.
  • 9–15µg/m³Elevated. Usually no big deal today; sensitive lungs may notice hard exercise.
  • 15–35µg/m³Polluted. Smoke or traffic pollution is now worth acting on.
  • 35–55µg/m³Unhealthy. Symptoms become more likely, especially with asthma or heart disease.
  • 55+µg/m³Severe. Everyone should reduce exposure and clean the indoor air.

Act four · The fine print

The receipts

What is PM2.5?

Fine particles about 30× thinner than a human hair — small enough to slip through your lungs and into your bloodstream. We measure them inµg/m³: micrograms of particle mass in a cubic metre of air.

The math

PM2.5 here is 3 µg/m³.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at this level: 3/22 × 7 = 1.0 cigarettes.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
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