Metro area air quality · 2025
Lubbock, TX
Median AQI 24 (Good). 92.9% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 24
- Median AQI
- 92.9%
- Good-air days
- 1
- Unhealthy days
- 90%
- Cleaner than US metros
Lubbock, TX posted a 2025 median AQI of 24 (Good) with 92.9% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Lubbock, TX CBSA recorded a median AQI of 24 across 338 monitored days in 2025, with 92.9% rated Good and 1 unhealthy or worse. This is an annual metro comparison, not a live advisory.
Data source EPA Air Quality System (AQS)
- Cleaner than US metros
- The Lubbock, TX CBSA's 92.9% Good-day share places it cleaner than 90% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Bend-Redmond, OR (89.3% Good, median AQI 23) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Lubbock, TX.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Lubbock, TX's Good-day share moved +4.8 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI -2).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 24
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 338 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
The Lubbock, TX metro runs good on the EPA scale, among the cleanest 10% of US metros, a median AQI of 24 with 92.9% of 338 monitored days in the Good band.
- 24
- median AQI · Good
- 92.9%
- days rated Good
- 90%
- cleaner than US metros
- 167
- worst single reading
1 day reached Unhealthy or worse across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Annual release change
What changed in the 2025 EPA annual release
- Lubbock, TX metro's peak single-day AQI rose from 91 to 167 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +76 points.
- Lubbock, TX metro's Unhealthy-category days rose from 0 to 1 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +1 days.
Insights: Lubbock, TX metro. Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 24 over 338 measured days in 2025, which corresponds to a Good band and a Excellent metro-wide health grade. The monitored-day split lands at 314 Good days (93%), 22 Moderate (7%), and 1 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 46 while the highest single-day reading hit 167 (Unhealthy). Metro residents averaged roughly 27.9 clean-air days per 30-day window across the reporting year.
Across the 2020–2025 trend window, the share of monitored days rated Good shifted by +4.8 points and the median AQI moved -2 points, which classifies the multi-year trajectory as improving. The annual record contains 1 day at Unhealthy or worse. On that day, the EPA recommends that sensitive groups limit prolonged outdoor exertion. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Bend-Redmond, OR (89.3% good, AQI 23); Cañon City, CO (93.4% good, AQI 23); Ellensburg, WA (80.0% good, AQI 25).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
24
Good
Good Days
92.9%
314 of 338 days
Max AQI
167
Unhealthy
Health Grade
Excellent
90th pct: 46
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 338 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
314
93%
Moderate
22
7%
USG
1
0%
Unhealthy
1
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Lubbock, TX metro area's air quality is rated Excellent based on 92.9% good air days. There were 1 unhealthy days in 2025 when outdoor activity should be limited.
Air quality is acceptable most days, but 1 days reached "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" and peak AQI reached 167. Sensitive groups should monitor real-time conditions at AirNow.gov.
How does the Lubbock, TX metro compare?
How Lubbock, TX compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is improving in the Lubbock, TX metro. Best year: 2024 (330 good days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 311 | 41 | 0 | 26 | 83 |
| 2021 | 278 | 69 | 0 | 31 | 85 |
| 2022 | 300 | 45 | 0 | 26 | 138 |
| 2023 | 323 | 40 | 1 | 25 | 161 |
| 2024 | 330 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 91 |
| 2025 | 314 | 22 | 1 | 24 | 167 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Lubbock, TX (24).
Bend-Redmond, OR
Median AQI 23 · 89.3% Good-day share
Cañon City, CO
Median AQI 23 · 93.4% Good-day share
Ellensburg, WA
Median AQI 25 · 80.0% Good-day share
Juneau, AK
Median AQI 23 · 84.3% Good-day share
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
Median AQI 25 · 97.5% Good-day share
Pullman, WA
Median AQI 23 · 86.8% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Lubbock, TX's 1 (independent of median AQI).
Ann Arbor, MI
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
Bangor, ME
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 33
Baraboo, WI
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 35
Bartlesville, OK
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 44
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 52
Beaver Dam, WI
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 40
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset, 2020–2025. See our methodology for how AQI, median, and coverage figures are computed.
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Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by CBSA summary files (metro-level) · 2020–2025
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