Category: Wildfire
Wildfire Smoke Air Quality Update: September 26, 2025 at 10:15 a.m.
Air quality is Moderate to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups across Missoula County due to smoke from Lower Sugarloaf and Labor Mountain fires in Washington. The smoke rolled in early this […]
Read MoreWildfire Smoke Air Quality Update: September 8, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.
Air quality is Good to Moderate across Missoula County which is a welcome reprieve from the smoke that resulted in Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups to Unhealthy air quality Saturday evening […]
Read MoreWildfire Smoke Air Quality Update: September 5, 2025 at 2:15 p.m.
Air quality is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups to Moderate across Missoula County, but more air quality monitors are Yellow (Moderate) than Orange (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) which I’d say is […]
Read MoreWildfire Smoke Air Quality Update: September 4, 2025 at 2:50 p.m.
Air quality is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups to Moderate across Missoula County. The MT Department of Environmental Quality issued another Air Quality Alert for Missoula County in effect now until […]
Read MoreWildfire Smoke Air Quality Update: September 3, 2025 at 1:45 p.m.
The hotter temperatures have increased wildfire activity immensely and wildfire smoke is spread out across the county resulting in Moderate air quality throughout. This heat wave and high-pressure ridge are […]
Read MoreWildfire Smoke Air Quality Update: August 29, 2025 at 11:15 a.m.
The wetting rains have really helped damper the fire behavior, and thankfully, minimal smoke made it into Missoula County this past week. Air quality fluctuated between Good and Moderate which […]
Read MoreWildfire Smoke Air Quality Update: August 25, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
Weekend air quality wavered between Good and Moderate across the County and some areas even tipped into air quality that was Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or Orange for a short […]
Read MoreWildfire Smoke Air Quality Update: August 22, 2025 at 1:30 pm
Incoming air quality update! It’s been quite the blue bird summer with skies only clouding with smoke occasionally. Today, smoke from several surrounding fires is causing Moderate air quality across […]
Read MoreWildfire Smoke (Mini) Update October 11-13, 2024
This is a mini update for the weekend of October 11-13! It smells a bit smoky out there and the Air Quality Index in Missoula and Frenchtown is currently Moderate […]
Read MoreWildfire Smoke Update Sept 11, 2024 at 11:30 AM
As of 11 am, air quality is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups for most of the Missoula Valley and Unhealthy in Lolo. Expect variable smoke levels between good/moderate and Unhealthy today. With any luck, we will have […]
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