San Francisco Bay Area
Air Quality Status
Monday, 9/28
Alert & Advisory
Wood Burning Prohibited. Spare the Air Alert in effect through Monday, September 28. Wood burning is banned. Burn bans can occur year-round for wildfires. Smoke from fires throughout the Bay Area is impacting air quality. See our hourly air quality data for the most up-to-date information, as well as Press Releases, @AirDistrict, and our Wildfire Safety Tips web page. Sign up for Bay Area Air Alerts. en Español
Air Quality Advisories are posted when air quality might affect susceptible populations and pollutants are not expected to exceed federal health-based standards.
Wildfire smoke from adjacent regions (such as southern California or Oregon) drifts into parts of the Bay Area, affecting air quality.
When air quality conditions are expected to cause pollution levels exceeding federal air quality standards, a Spare the Air Alert or Winter Spare the Air Alert is called.
Message frequency will vary. Subscribers are expected to receive an estimated 1-15 texts per month, potentially more, depending on how weather patterns and natural occurrences influence the number of poor air quality days in the Bay Area. Message and data rates may apply.
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