# Air Quality Alert: Chisago; Washington; Dakota; Rice; Goodhue; Steele; Freeborn — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-18 15:32 ingested 2026-07-19 08:12

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Air Quality Alert — Chisago; Washington; Dakota; Rice; Goodhue; Steele; Freeborn
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 Red or Unhealthy category.

* WHERE...East central, southeast, south central, and northeast
Minnesota.

* WHEN...From 3 AM CDT Sunday until 11 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Some members of the general public may experience
health effects. Sensitive groups, such as people with lung
disease (including asthma), heart disease, and children and older
adults, may experience health effects.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Heavy smoke from wildfires will persist
across northeast Minnesota tonight into Sunday morning.
Increasing southwesterly winds Sunday afternoon will lead to
improved air quality for much of northeast Minnesota, though
areas near the shores of Lake Superior and the wildfires
themselves may continue to experience poor air quality through
the afternoon. The alert for this part of the state is currently
set to expire at 7 p.m. Sunday. Only localized poor air quality
near the wildfires will continue thereafter. Heavy smoke is
expected to then enter southeastern and far east central
Minnesota from the east early Sunday morning and persist through
Monday morning. Red, meaning unhealthy for everyone, is the
expected AQI category for all of this alert.

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