When the rains finally receded last week, Granite Staters were greeted instead with a haze generated by the wildfires burning out west — a visual reminder that New Hampshire is anecdotally referred to as the “tailpipe” of the country.
On July 20, two of New Hampshire’s six monitors were above the air quality standards for particulate matter, leading the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services to declare a smoke advisory.
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