Smoke from wildfires around Quebec City began rolling into New York City on Tuesday afternoon, sending the Big Apple’s Air Quality Index (AQI) soaring, and by nightfall, NYC had the worst air quality of any major city in the world:
New York City now with the worst air quality in the world among major cities: pic.twitter.com/JcqCznCwWE
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) June 7, 2023
Yet, we still had Yankees baseball in the Bronx. But as conditions continued to worsen throughout the day Wednesday, it became clear that that wouldn’t be the case tonight.