The region is experiencing dryer than normal conditions. This causes problems with agriculture and fire danger, but it also could cause problems with your home.
The El Nino pattern currently underway may quickly become a Super El Nino, keeping the Northland warmer and drier into next winter, with frequent outbreaks of "weather weirding".
Weather extremes are trending more extreme over time, and current wildfires and smoke can be traced back to a statistically rare heatwave over Canada last month.
If you're sneezing more than you can ever remember there's a good explanation: pollen and ragweed season is more than a month longer now than it was in 1970.
Summers in the Northland are amazing, but during severe weather you may have minutes or seconds to do the right thing - and avoid these dangerous myths.