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IAJWU, BC Air Quality: Very High Risk AQHI 11 on September 21, 2026

Source: ECCC · IAJWU, BC

Station IAJWU, British Columbia registered an AQHI of 11 (Very High Risk (10+)) on the cited date 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 IAJWU: ECCC AQHI reading

Station
IAJWU
Province / region
British Columbia
AQHI value
11
Risk category
Very High Risk (10+)
Published
September 21, 2026
AQHI-10PLUS

Practical guidance: Reduce or reschedule strenuous outdoor activity; people with heart or breathing conditions should avoid outdoor exertion and consider moving activities indoors.

Record status: Published September 21, 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.

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AQHI history at IAJWU

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
11
Archive rank
#3 of 27

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Current Air Quality

IAJWU, BC reported an AQHI reading of 11 in the Very High Risk category. The observation date is 2026-09-21 at hour 19. The primary concern is the overall AQHI.

What This Means

An AQHI level of 11 falls into the Very High Risk category.

Who Should Take Precautions

Groups at risk based on the Very High Risk category should take precautions.

What You Should Do

Follow guidance appropriate for the Very High Risk level.

Source

ECCC Air Quality Alert

Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗

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Common Questions

What people usually ask about a notice like this one.

What AQHI reading was recorded at IAJWU? ▾
IAJWU, BC recorded an AQHI of 11 in the Very High Risk category on 2026-09-21 at 19:00.
What does Very High Risk (10+) mean? ▾
Health effects likely for everyone; sensitive groups should reduce or reschedule outdoor exertion. Reduce or reschedule strenuous outdoor activity; people with heart or breathing conditions should avoid outdoor exertion and consider moving activities indoors.
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 IAJWU 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.

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