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Whitehorse air right now

Low riskAQHI 1

Whitehorse’s five-day smoke forecast shows the current index and the clearest time ahead.

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AQHI now
2.4
PM2.5 · 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
Cel-shaded illustration of Carcross
AQI 6
#1Carcross~1 h 5 min drive

Yukon· Good

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

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 1 µg/m³ here vs 2.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1/22 × 7 = 0.3 here; 2.4/22 × 7 = 0.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
58% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:12 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town. No AQHI station is close enough.

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Still smoky
Skagway
Cel-shaded illustration of Skagway
AQI 5
#2SkagwayChecking road route

Alaska· Good

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 0.9 µg/m³ here vs 2.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 0.9/22 × 7 = 0.3 here; 2.4/22 × 7 = 0.8 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 Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Still smoky
Haines
Cel-shaded illustration of Haines
AQI 11
#3HainesChecking road route

Alaska· Good

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 1.9 µg/m³ here vs 2.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.9/22 × 7 = 0.6 here; 2.4/22 × 7 = 0.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
21% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Still smoky
Haines Junction
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AQI unavailable
#4Haines JunctionChecking road route

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 AQHI station is close enough.

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Still smoky
Cordova
Cel-shaded illustration of Cordova
AQI 4
#5CordovaChecking road route

Alaska· Good

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

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 0.7 µg/m³ here vs 2.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 0.7/22 × 7 = 0.2 here; 2.4/22 × 7 = 0.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
71% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Still smoky
Dawson City
Cel-shaded illustration of Dawson City
AQI 6
#6Dawson CityChecking road route

Yukon· Good

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 µg/m³ here vs 2.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1/22 × 7 = 0.3 here; 2.4/22 × 7 = 0.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
58% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town. No AQHI station is close enough.

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Still smoky
Sitka
Cel-shaded illustration of Sitka
AQI 18
#7SitkaChecking road route

Alaska· Good

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

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 3.3 µg/m³ here vs 2.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 3.3/22 × 7 = 1.1 here; 2.4/22 × 7 = 0.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
37% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Still smoky
Juneau
Cel-shaded illustration of Juneau
AQI 24
#8JuneauChecking road route

Alaska· Good

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

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 4.3 µg/m³ here vs 2.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 4.3/22 × 7 = 1.4 here; 2.4/22 × 7 = 0.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
79% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 5:00 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 from the Floyd Dryden monitor.

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Still smoky
Petersburg
Cel-shaded illustration of Petersburg
AQI unavailable
#9PetersburgChecking road route

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.

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Still smoky
Wrangell
Cel-shaded illustration of Wrangell
AQI unavailable
#10WrangellChecking road route

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.

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AQHI 1: Low risk (Whitehorse)Observed Aug 23, 6:00 p.m. EDTLast scan Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT · 49 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

Low risk

AQHI 1

AQHI = Air Quality Health Index

Typical person. Ideal air for usual outdoor plans.

Kids, seniors, heart or lung conditions. People with heart or lung conditions can usually keep their normal outdoor routine.

Particles here are 2.4 µg/m³ (Natural).

Act two · Fine particles only

Where PM2.5 lands

This bar is smoke and fine particles (PM2.5) only — not the full AQHI mix. Left is cleaner air; right is heavier particle pollution. Today's particles sit in Natural.

2.4 µg/m³
Clean · 0Smoky · 40Severe · 80+

Act three · Particle ladder

What each PM2.5 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 · Felt number

Cigarettes a week

A secondary feel for the particle load only — not a medical claim, and not a substitute for AQHI.

0.8/wk

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 2.4 µg/m³.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at this level: 2.4/22 × 7 = 0.8 cigarettes.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
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