The highest current US AQI among fresh independent reporting areas.
AirNow
AQI can vary within a city and shared reporting areas are counted once.
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What is the country up to?
Explore weather, air quality, smoke, and fire across America—or find any of 32,058 U.S. communities.
Across America right now
The country is having several different days.
Pick a state, follow a symbol, or compare two ends of the same day.
Drawing today’s map…
Symbols mark individual stories—not statewide conditions.
The strongest forecast gust in the next 12 hours among fresh monitored check-ins.
National Weather Service
A strong gust is not a universal danger score.
Open the full contextThe warmest current-hour forecast among fresh monitored check-ins.
National Weather Service
This is a point comparison among fresh monitored check-ins, not every U.S. community.
Open the full contextThe largest forecast temperature change from now in the next 12 hours.
National Weather Service
Temperature change alone does not describe storm severity.
Open the full contextThe highest forecast hourly precipitation rate among fresh monitored check-ins.
National Weather Service
This is not a flood-risk or storm-severity ranking.
Open the full contextThe strongest active point-specific alert among fresh monitored check-ins.
National Weather Service alerts
Always follow the issuing authority’s instructions.
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