Astoria, OR – According to the state officials, the report includes the addition of Air Quality Index, or AQI, data from the 2023 wildfire season, which show Central Oregon and Southern Oregon were most impacted by smoke.
- Bend in Deschutes County had 21 days with AQI values that were unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse, including one very unhealthy day and seven unhealthy days.
- Cave Junction in Josephine County had 23 days with AQI values that were unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse, including three hazardous, six very unhealthy and 10 unhealthy days.
