#Air Quality

Vog lingering over Hawai‘i Island while Kīlauea eruption is paused

The lack of trade winds is keeping the vog lingering over Hawai‘i Island, but that is expected to change by the weekend.

Kīlauea summit eruption now 10 days old as caldera lava fountains, flows continue

Visitors coming to view the 10-day-old eruption inside the volcano’s caldera at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park should expect a daytime traffic change and be aware that air quality could be bad this weekend.

Be mindful of continuing gas emissions, including vog, from recent Kīlauea eruption

While the lava flow has ceased, air quality levels are slightly elevated at the Pāhala and Nāʻālehu air quality monitoring stations.

Vog sets in on West Hawai‘i as Kīlauea erupts

This morning, Hualalai was barely visible as it was shrouded in the voggy haze.

REPORT: Big Island Air Quality Among the State’s Worst

Despite the Big Island’s poor grades, Honolulu was ranked as one of the country’s cleanest cities, as far as air quality,

Air Quality Remains ‘Good’ Despite Lava

Air quality levels tracked by the Department of Health’s Clean Air Branch have not detected any unsafe levels of air quality in the areas of the June 27 lava flow.