Bad-air day near Newfoundland and Labrador

Breathing here shouldn't cost you a pack a day.

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St. John's (you are here) Low smoke Some particle pollution Unhealthy (sensitive) Unhealthy+ Nearby model sample

Brigus

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~1 h 5 min driveNewfoundland and LabradorSome particle pollution/ PM2.5 18.2 µg/m³

PM2.5 is 18.2 µg/m³ here vs 16.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.12 h out ≈ 18.2/22 × 0.5 = 0.4 here; 16.4/22 × 0.5 = 0.4 at home.A health-impact equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
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AQHI 1: Low risk (St. John's station)

Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT

Small Conception Bay heritage town within reach of St. John’s and exposed to North Atlantic air.

16.4 µg/m³PM2.5 in St. John's right now
Some particle pollutionAQHI 1: Low risk (St. John's)Latest observation Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT

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Air quality · St. John's

Phew. Twelve hours out here is roughlyPM2.5 here is 16.4 µg/m³.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.12 h outside ≈ 16.4/22 × 0.5 = 0.4 cigarettes.A health-impact equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

That is the fine-particle pollution you'd breathe standing outside all day inSt. John's right now, turned into a number your body already understands.

A health-impact equivalence, not literal smoking: Berkeley Earth puts a full day at 22 µg/m³ of PM2.5 at about one cigarette.How we work this out

Why live rankings?

Smoke plumes are patchy and move with changing winds, terrain and weather. Nearby lakefront, coastal and higher-elevation places can be much clearer than St. John's, but no direction is reliably cleaner. That is why this list is recalculated from live PM2.5 readings every hour instead of publishing a fixed escape route. If everything within three hours is smoky, the rankings will say so. Sometimes the honest answer is to stay inside with a filter running.

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