Wildfire smoke brings hazy skies and poor air quality to Chicago today, with hot and humid weather building into the weekend.

Temperatures continue to creep up in Chicagoland this week, with Wednesday highs in the mid- to upper 80s. With winds shifting from southeast to south and then southwest, the heat and humidity will ...

Wildfire smoke from Canada is a problem again in the Chicago area, with an air quality alert in place now extended through ...

Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. Planes Flying A ...

CHICAGO - An Air Quality Alert is in effect until midnight Wednesday night for the following counties: McHenry, Lake (IL), ...

Wednesday begins with a fair amount of sunshine for the first two thirds of the day, but some cloud coverage filters the ...

Chicago faces an air quality alert due to Canadian wildfire smoke and high ozone levels, with risks for sensitive groups.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An air quality alert was issued for the greater Chicago area on Tuesday. The alert was issued by the EPA at about 11:56 a.m. It will be in effect until midnight. Lake, Porter, Newton ...

The public is advised to take precautions, especially those sensitive to polluted conditions, by limiting their time outside and keeping windows and doors closed.

As Canadian wildfire smoke lingers in the skies, the Chicago area will soon be under an air quality alert, but the smoke ...