# About the Air Quality Events category

**URL:** <https://community.purpleair.com/t/about-the-air-quality-events-category/1232>\
**Category:** Air Quality Events\
**Created:** [July 13, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/about-the-air-quality-events-category/1232 "2022-07-13T16:19:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PurpleAir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/purpleair/32/176_2.png) [@PurpleAir](https://community.purpleair.com/u/PurpleAir)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/about-the-air-quality-events-category/1232/1 "2022-07-13T16:19:55Z")

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As a PurpleAir Community member, you can use this category to discuss local air quality issues and other interesting data you come across. If you have a related question, please ask it here!

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://community.purpleair.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/about-the-air-quality-events-category/1232/2 "2022-07-15T17:52:56Z")

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We should start to see increasing levels across Europe:

> **[Air quality to degrade with European heat wave, WMO says](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/air-quality-degrade-with-european-heat-wave-wmo-says-2022-07-15/)**
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> The heat wave in Europe will trap atmospheric pollutants, causing the air quality to degrade, especially in towns and cities, an official from the World Meteorological Organization said on Friday.

Same where I live - heat waves bring worse air/particulate levels.

Regards,  
Robert