Air Quality medium

IACGW, BC High Risk Air Quality Alert for 2026-09-15

Source: ECCC · IACGW, BC

Station IACGW, British Columbia registered an AQHI of 7 (High Risk (7-9)) on 2026-09-15 at 19:00. This page preserves the ECCC automatic monitoring row. Confirm the live AQHI value on ECCC's air quality map before changing outdoor plans.

Station IACGW: ECCC AQHI reading

Station
IACGW
Province / region
British Columbia
AQHI value
7
Risk category
High Risk (7-9)
Measurement date
2026-09-15 at 19:00
Published
September 15, 2026
AQHI-7-9

Practical guidance: People with heart or breathing conditions should reduce or reschedule strenuous outdoor activity; most others can continue usual activities but should watch for symptoms like coughing or throat irritation.

Record status: Published September 15, 2026. ECCC updates AQHI readings hourly, confirm the live value before acting.

British Columbia air-quality context

British Columbia's AQHI alerts are most often driven by wildfire smoke during summer and early fall, when smoke plumes can push readings into High or Very High Risk across the province's interior and coastal valleys.

ECCC air quality map ↗

AQHI history at IACGW

No other high-AQHI (7+) reading is recorded in Areazine's archive for this station, this is its first tracked alert.

AQHI network standing

Ranked by archived AQHI value across Areazine's ECCC mirror (27 stations nationwide, any province).

This station AQHI
7
Archive rank
#23 of 27
Same-day rank (2026-09-15)
#2 of 2
Same-day high
AQHI 8 at IAKID, BC

Higher AQHI in archive

Lower AQHI in archive

Current Air Quality

IACGW, BC recorded an AQHI of 7 in the High Risk category on 2026-09-15 at 19:00.

What This Means

An AQHI reading of 7 falls into the High Risk category.

Who Should Take Precautions

Sensitive individuals should monitor conditions.

What You Should Do

Limit prolonged outdoor exertion when AQHI is in the High Risk range.

Source

ECCC

Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗

Related Air Quality

All Air Quality →

IAKID, BC Air Quality: High Risk AQHI 8 on 2026-09-15

ECCC · September 15, 2026

IAKID, BC Air Quality: Very High Risk AQHI 11 on 2026-09-11

ECCC · September 11, 2026

IAKID, BC Air Quality Alert: Very High Risk (Sep 9, 2026)

ECCC · September 9, 2026

Common Questions

Common questions about this AQHI air-quality advisory.

What AQHI reading was recorded at IACGW? ▾
AQHI reached 7 (High Risk) in IACGW, BC on 2026-09-15.
What does High Risk (7-9) mean? ▾
Sensitive groups should reduce prolonged or strenuous outdoor exertion. People with heart or breathing conditions should reduce or reschedule strenuous outdoor activity; most others can continue usual activities but should watch for symptoms like coughing or throat irritation.
What typically causes AQHI alerts in British Columbia? ▾
British Columbia's AQHI alerts are most often driven by wildfire smoke during summer and early fall, when smoke plumes can push readings into High or Very High Risk across the province's interior and coastal valleys.
Has station IACGW had AQHI alerts before? ▾
Areazine's archive has no other high-AQHI (7+) reading recorded at this station yet, this appears to be its first tracked alert.
How is the AQHI scale different from a single-pollutant index? ▾
The Air Quality Health Index combines ground-level ozone, fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and nitrogen dioxide into one 1-10+ scale describing overall health risk, rather than reporting one pollutant's concentration on its own.

Where this data comes from

EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data

Federal monitoring network, every measurement we report

AirNow (EPA / NOAA)

Real-time AQI for every monitored U.S. location

National Weather Service

Active watches, warnings, and advisories, NOAA

CDC Air Quality & Health

Health-impact reference behind every AQI category