Approximately 42.7M acres have burned in Canada in the past several months.

The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies on Monday, Oct. 2, but smoke from Canadian wildfires has spread across much of the Northeast, resulting in hazy conditions from New York through Connecticut into Massachusetts.

NEW YORK -- New York City is expected to see hazy conditions Monday, as smoke from the Canadian wildfires returns to our skies. The mayor's office issued a warning about smoke at high altitudes. The Air Quality Index will be around 55, which may be a risk to people who are sensitive to air pollution.

New Yorkers could wake up to hazy skies Monday morning as smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires is expected to reach the Big Apple by sunrise.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires would moderately affect air quality in New York City on Monday, October 2, Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement on Sunday.The smoke could lead to hazy skies above New York on Monday,

Back in June, smoke from the Canadian wildfires blanketed New York City with some of the most unhealthy air quality levels on the planet.

Deep blue sky, a hallmark of autumnal air, was evident across much of New England Monday as the smoke of the past weekend had moved out to sea. The Canadian wildfires have occasionally created enough smoke to blot out the sun over the past several months,

The smoke prompted an Air Quality Index of "moderate" for New York City Monday morning. Concert films are one way cinema chains are filling in the rest of the year's blockbuster slate following the Hollywood strikes.