# Air Quality Alert: Koochiching; North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; North Itasca; Central St. Louis; Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore; North Cass; South Itasca; South Cass; Crow Wing; Northern Aitkin; South Aitkin; Carlton/South St. Louis; Pine — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-15 15:46 ingested 2026-07-16 08:17

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Air Quality Alert — Koochiching; North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; North Itasca; Central St. Louis; Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore; North Cass; South Itasca; South Cass; Crow Wing; Northern Aitkin; South Aitkin; Carlton/South St. Louis; Pine
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an
Air Quality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality
Index (AQI) is expected to reach the Maroon or Hazardous
category.

* WHERE...Northeast Minnesota.

* WHEN...Until 11 AM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Everyone will be affected by wildfire smoke in
these concentrations. Minor trace amounts of ashfall are likely
and have been observed with the dense smoke.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Dense smoke continues across northern
Minnesota. AQI values have already been observed in the
Maroon/Hazardous concentration and will continue through the
alert period. The smoke will persist until at least Friday, but
this alert may need to be extended.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.