As of Aug. 12, Milwaukee will have endured 24 days of poor air quality from the Canadian wildfire smokes, 38 days of extreme heat and a mess of disasters from the past weekend's 1,000-year flood.

Summer 2025 is anything but normal. And we're not yet near summer's end.

Where summer in Wisconsin is often the time to enjoy camping trips long in the making, make a day of it at American Family Field, and get outside for walks, runs and healthy activities, this year's weather anomalies have dampened that summertime spirit.

The temperature might have been perfect but the air quality index was unhealthy for all groups. The air quality index may have briefly been in normal range but heavy rains kept us indoors. Sure, perfect days happened where the air quality was healthy, the heat was tolerable

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