Texas air quality
Air quality alerts
Official alert No active National Weather Service air quality alerts for Texas as of November 13, 2026, 5:15 pm CST.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service active alerts. Checked November 13, 2026, 5:15 pm CST.
Reporting areas now
17 reporting areas of 17 in Texas have a current reading.
| Reporting area | Current AQI (measured) | Main pollutant | Observed | Today's forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarillo | 34 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Austin | 44 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Moderate |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | 45 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Big Bend | 28 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Brownsville-McAllen | 48 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Bryan-College Station | 32 · Good | PM2.5 | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Corpus Christi | 51 · Moderate | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | 40 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Moderate |
| El Paso | 54 · Moderate | PM2.5 | 3 pm MST | Good |
| Houston-Galveston-Brazoria | 64 · Moderate | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Moderate |
| Laredo | 40 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Lubbock | 37 · Good | PM2.5 | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Midland-Odessa | 22 · Good | PM2.5 | 4 pm CST | Good |
| San Antonio | 67 · Moderate | PM2.5 | 4 pm CST | Moderate |
| Tyler-Longview-Marshall | 31 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Victoria | 44 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Good |
| Waco-Killeen | 40 · Good | Ozone | 4 pm CST | Good |
Source: U.S. EPA AirNow and partner agencies. Current readings are preliminary measurements; forecasts are agency predictions. Checked November 13, 2026, 4:55 pm CST.
Map
- AirNow AQI estimate:
- Good 0–50
- Moderate 51–100
- Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups 101–150
- Unhealthy 151–200
- Very Unhealthy 201–300
- Hazardous 301 and higher
- No estimate
- Withheld: out of date
- Monitor (colored by its reading)
- Air quality alert (NWS)
- Agency forecast by reporting area:
- Good 0–50
- Moderate 51–100
- Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups 101–150
- Unhealthy 151–200
- Very Unhealthy 201–300
- Hazardous 301 and higher
- Not issued for this day
- Action day declared
- Air quality alert (NWS)
- Active wildfire (badge size: reported acres)
- Older fire record, still on the national list (drawn lighter and one size smaller)
- Under 1,000 acres, or size not reported1,000 to 9,999 acres10,000 to 99,999 acres100,000 acres or more
- Fire perimeter (latest mapped extent)
- Authorized or prescribed burn
- Mandatory burn restriction or action day (county)
- Voluntary burn restriction or action day
- Reported emission event
- Reported air release
- Enforcement notice
- State or city sensor (grey; colored only by an AQI its operator publishes)
- Facility
- Major source facility
- Days with an AQI above 100 in the selected year:
- No days
- 1–3 days
- 4–7 days
- 8–14 days
- 15–30 days
- 31 or more days
- Incomplete data
- No monitor
A county is shaded when its monitors reported an AQI on at least 75% of the year's days. Counties with fewer days are hatched; counties without a monitor are grey.
About this map
Data status.
Now. The shading is AirNow's current AQI contour map for the chosen product: Combined is AirNow's PM2.5-and-ozone map as supplied, and PM2.5 and Ozone are its single-pollutant maps. AirNow interpolates between monitors each hour, so the shading is an estimate for an area rather than a measurement at an address, and areas without enough nearby monitors are left unshaded as "no estimate." Monitor points show each site's latest hourly reading (NowCast for particles and ozone); in Combined each point shows the higher of its PM2.5 and ozone AQI. The map checks for new data every five minutes, and zooms no closer than the resolution of AirNow's estimate (about 5 km). When observations are more than six hours old they are withheld.
Forecast. Each marker is a forecast issued by a state, local or tribal air agency for an AirNow reporting area, for that area's own local date. Forecasts cover the areas agencies choose to forecast, so many areas have none for a given day; those are marked "not issued." A forecast is a prediction for the whole reporting area. Action days are declared by the agencies.
History. Each county is shaded by the number of days its monitors reported a daily AQI above 100 in the selected year, from the U.S. EPA AirData annual summary by county. A county is shaded only when it reported an AQI on at least 75% of the year's days; counties with fewer days are hatched, and counties without a monitor are grey. EPA publishes certified annual data months after the year ends.
Advisories. Official air quality alerts from NOAA's National Weather Service are drawn with a bold dashed outline and hatching over the zones or counties they name. They disappear when they expire.
Wildfires. Wildfires and fire complexes reported by fire managers to the National Interagency Fire Center are drawn as a flame in a dark badge, larger for larger reported sizes. The national fire list keeps a fire until it is declared out, often for months. Shown as active: wildfires discovered in the last 14 days, and older fires reported less than 90% contained with a record update in the last 14 days. Other fires still on the national list are older records. Older records are drawn only when "Older fire records" is switched on in Layers and filters, as a hollow grey badge one size smaller with a thin perimeter outline. At the national view the map shows active wildfires of 100 acres or more; smaller ones and fires without a reported size appear when you zoom in. Prescribed fires are shown when discovered or updated in the last 14 days. A perimeter shows the last mapped extent at the time stated; the fire may have moved since, and many fires have no perimeter. A fire on the map does not mean smoke is reaching the ground nearby: the air quality readings show that.
Burns and restrictions. Authorized agricultural and land-management burns published by state and local agencies, and prescribed fires reported nationally, are drawn as a small outlined flame. Burn restrictions, no-burn days and action days are drawn over the counties they name: a solid outline with dots when mandatory, a dashed outline when voluntary, each marked with a crossed-out flame. Notices that restrict nothing are listed in the details and the table rather than drawn.
Reported events, sensors and facilities. Emission events, air releases and enforcement notices published by state and local agencies are drawn as diamonds where the agency gives a location. Sensors are state- and city-run sensors outside the official AirNow network, drawn as small squares; their readings are shown as the operator publishes them and are not the official AQI. Facilities are air-permitted facilities listed by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Listing a facility, a burn or an event does not indicate that it caused any reading.
Current observations are preliminary data from the U.S. EPA AirNow program and participating air quality agencies; for official readings visit AirNow.gov. Alerts: National Weather Service. Wildfires: National Interagency Fire Center. Burns, restrictions, events and sensors: the state, county and city agencies named in each item. History: EPA AirData. County and state outlines: U.S. Census Bureau. Basemap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenMapTiles, served by OpenFreeMap.
Places on the map
Monitors on the map
| Site | Agency | Readings (AQI) | Hour starting | State of the reading |
|---|
Air quality alerts on the map
| Alert | Issued by | Area | In force until | Full text |
|---|
Local notices and fires in view
| Kind | Title | Place | Status | Containment | Age | Time | Source |
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The shading shows AirNow's interpolated estimates between monitors; markers show individual monitors.
State and local notices
Reported emission events, releases and enforcement notices, last 14 days
BENEDUM GAS PLANT: reported emission event 468443 · Reported emission event
County: Upton County. Reported November 13, 2026, 1 pm CST.
Incident number: 468443; Regulated entity number: RN102516937; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110025328795.
WILDCAT GAS PLANT: reported emission event 468442 · Reported emission event
Reported November 12, 2026, 6:42 pm CST.
Incident number: 468442; Regulated entity number: RN107847329.
DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES PIPELINE ECTOR COUNTY: reported emission event 468435 · Reported emission event
Reported November 12, 2026, 3:42 pm CST.
Incident number: 468435; Regulated entity number: RN104201512.
MIDLAND FARMS DEEP UNIT CTB: reported emission event 468424 · Reported emission event
Reported November 12, 2026, 2:05 pm CST.
Incident number: 468424; Regulated entity number: RN102519774.
SOUTH FULLERTON BOOSTER STATION: reported emission event 468432 · Reported emission event
County: Midland County. Reported November 12, 2026, 3:35 am CST.
Incident number: 468432; Regulated entity number: RN100219641; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110007203793.
RATLIFF BOOSTER STATION: reported emission event 468381 · Reported emission event
County: Upton County. Reported November 12, 2026, 12 am CST.
Incident number: 468381; Regulated entity number: RN100217397; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110007202552.
NORTH COWDEN UNIT REINJECTON COMPRESSION FACILITY: reported emission event 468404 · Reported emission event
County: Ector County. Reported November 11, 2026, 4:05 pm CST.
Incident number: 468404; Regulated entity number: RN105093835; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110034477386.
NORTH COWDEN UNIT SATELLITE 8: reported emission event 468392 · Reported emission event
Reported November 11, 2026, 3:55 pm CST.
Incident number: 468392; Regulated entity number: RN102817673.
ENTERPRISE EAST: reported emission event 468374 · Reported emission event
County: Chambers County. Reported November 11, 2026, 2:45 pm CST.
Incident number: 468374; Regulated entity number: RN102984911; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110006533359.
VALERO CORPUS CHRISTI REFINERY WEST PLANT: reported emission event 468365 · Reported emission event
County: Nueces County. Reported November 11, 2026, 11:45 am CST.
Incident number: 468365; Regulated entity number: RN100214386; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110064636032.
BENEDUM GAS PLANT: reported emission event 468306 · Reported emission event
County: Upton County. Reported November 11, 2026, 12 am CST.
Incident number: 468306; Regulated entity number: RN102516937; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110025328795.
LUBRIZOL DEER PARK: reported emission event 468299 · Reported emission event
County: Harris County. Reported November 10, 2026, 6:10 pm CST.
Incident number: 468299; Regulated entity number: RN100221589; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110056537804.
SEMINOLE GAS PROCESSING PLANT: reported emission event 468300 · Reported emission event
County: Gaines County. Reported November 10, 2026, 5:01 pm CST.
Incident number: 468300; Regulated entity number: RN103758470; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110033349552.
MONT BELVIEU NGL FRACTIONATION AND STORAGE COMPLEX: reported emission event 468305 · Reported emission event
County: Chambers County. Reported November 10, 2026, 10:35 am CST.
Incident number: 468305; Regulated entity number: RN100222207; Location: EPA Facility Registry Service (approximate); EPA ECHO facility report: https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110015679595.
WILLIS 40: reported emission event 468303 · Reported emission event
Reported November 10, 2026, 10:29 am CST.
Incident number: 468303; Regulated entity number: RN110265006.
Showing the 15 newest of 40 reports; 25 more reports are on the official pages.
Source: TCEQ Air Emission Event Report Database (RSS feed) (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality). Retrieved November 13, 2026, 4:35 pm CST. Each report is the facility's own report to TCEQ and may be amended; it is not a measurement of exposure where people live. Official page
Source: TCEQ Emergency Response spills, air incidents (data.texas.gov) (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, via data.texas.gov). Retrieved November 13, 2026, 4:05 pm CST. Reported releases as TCEQ recorded them, with dates only and locations rounded to about 1 km; amounts are reported estimates and may be revised. Official page
Smoke outlooks and forecast discussions
Forecast discussion TCEQ forecast discussion: Friday 11/13/2026 · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Posted November 13, 2026.
Light winds, warm temperatures, sufficient afternoon sunshine, and/or elevated lingering background levels could be enough for ozone to reach the upper end of the "Good" range in parts of the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio areas, with the highest concentrations in the afternoon and early evening.
High pressure is over the Northern Plains as light smoke and aerosols linger over portions of East and Northeast Texas due to ongoing burnings in the Mississippi Valley, Southeast CONUS, and East Texas. With light winds also forecast to persist across most of Texas, slightly elevated urban fine particulate matter may be observed although low relative humidity could mitigate the effects in some areas. The daily PM2.5 AQI is forecast to net out in the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio areas and the upper end of the "Good" range (possibly with an isolated low "Moderate") in a majority of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Brownsville-McAllen, Bryan-College Station, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Tyler-Longview, Victoria, and Waco-Killeen.
Light, variable winds are forecast to persist in far West Texas, but better vertical mixing and possible precipitation could result in the daily PM2.5/PM10 AQIs netting out in the upper end of the "Good" range in a majority of the El Paso area.
Source: TCEQ Air Quality Forecast (forecast discussion) (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality). Retrieved November 13, 2026, 4:35 pm CST. TCEQ's regional forecast narrative, quoted as published; conditions at a given place can differ. Official page
Wildfires in Texas
Reported 1 active wildfire is listed in Texas.
| Fire | Reported size | Contained | Discovered | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson 9931 · Anderson | 15 acres | 0% | November 12, 2026, 11:34 am CST (1 day ago) | November 12, 2026, 1:57 pm CST |
Shown as active: wildfires discovered in the last 14 days, and older fires reported less than 90% contained with a record update in the last 14 days. Other fires still on the national list are older records.
1 older fire record remains on the national list for Texas
- Star Lake: 16,412 acres, 100% contained, discovered September 11, 2026
Prescribed fires
6 prescribed fires are listed in Texas. Prescribed fires are planned burns set by land managers; those discovered or updated in the last 14 days are listed.
| Fire | Reported size | Discovered | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rx Liberty 9835 · Liberty | 158 acres | November 4, 2026, 8:09 am CST (9 days ago) | November 8, 2026, 1:32 pm CST |
| Rx Rusk 9925 · Rusk | 157 acres | November 12, 2026, 8:55 am CST (1 day ago) | November 12, 2026, 9:46 am CST |
| RX Motley 9883 · Motley | 150 acres | November 9, 2026, 7:22 am CST (4 days ago) | November 11, 2026, 7:48 am CST |
| Rx Angelina 9837 · Angelina | 112 acres | November 5, 2026, 7:59 am CST (8 days ago) | November 8, 2026, 1:32 pm CST |
| Rx San Augustine 9859 · San Augustine | 74 acres | November 6, 2026, 8:37 am CST (7 days ago) | November 8, 2026, 1:32 pm CST |
| RX Tarrant 9862 · Tarrant | 30 acres | November 6, 2026, 9:55 am CST (7 days ago) | November 9, 2026, 8:44 am CST |
Source: Wildland fire incidents and perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center (WFIGS, IRWIN). Checked November 13, 2026, 4:55 pm CST. Fire locations and sizes are as reported by fire managers and can lag events. A perimeter shows the last mapped extent at the stated time; the fire may have moved since, and many fires have no perimeter. A fire on the map does not mean smoke is reaching the ground nearby: check the air quality readings.
Monitoring coverage
AirNow lists 17 reporting areas in Texas, 2 with its own page on this site. In 2025, 45 of the 254 counties in Texas had a county AQI record in EPA AirData, and 43 of those had an AQI on at least 75% of days. The other 209 had no monitor reporting an AQI, so their history is unknown.
How often the air was unhealthy in 2025
| County | Days above 100 | Days with AQI | Highest AQI | Completeness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso County | 63 | 365 | 2,122 | Complete |
| Harris County | 38 | 365 | 172 | Complete |
| Tarrant County | 30 | 365 | 162 | Complete |
| Collin County | 23 | 359 | 156 | Complete |
| Denton County | 19 | 365 | 179 | Complete |
| Dallas County | 11 | 365 | 304 | Complete |
| Bexar County | 11 | 365 | 154 | Complete |
| Parker County | 9 | 346 | 147 | Complete |
| Galveston County | 8 | 365 | 179 | Complete |
| Brazoria County | 8 | 365 | 143 | Complete |
| Cameron County | 8 | 365 | 139 | Complete |
| Nueces County | 8 | 365 | 137 | Complete |
| Montgomery County | 8 | 363 | 133 | Complete |
| Travis County | 6 | 365 | 129 | Complete |
| Webb County | 5 | 365 | 121 | Complete |
| Bell County | 4 | 365 | 140 | Complete |
| Hidalgo County | 4 | 365 | 140 | Complete |
| Hood County | 4 | 355 | 122 | Complete |
| Jefferson County | 3 | 365 | 160 | Complete |
| McLennan County | 3 | 365 | 142 | Complete |
| Ector County | 2 | 358 | 183 | Complete |
| Lubbock County | 2 | 338 | 167 | Complete |
| Culberson County | 2 | 88 | 159 | Incomplete: AQI on 88 days, fewer than the 274 needed |
| Kaufman County | 2 | 365 | 126 | Complete |
| Rockwall County | 2 | 285 | 108 | Complete |
| Brewster County | 1 | 364 | 164 | Complete |
| Hunt County | 1 | 362 | 119 | Complete |
| Gregg County | 1 | 365 | 115 | Complete |
| Bowie County | 1 | 342 | 107 | Complete |
| Kleberg County | 1 | 120 | 107 | Incomplete: AQI on 120 days, fewer than the 274 needed |
| Navarro County | 1 | 363 | 107 | Complete |
| Polk County | 1 | 344 | 105 | Complete |
| Johnson County | 1 | 351 | 101 | Complete |
| Harrison County | 0 | 365 | 100 | Complete |
| Victoria County | 0 | 360 | 100 | Complete |
| Randall County | 0 | 360 | 97 | Complete |
| Ellis County | 0 | 362 | 93 | Complete |
| Smith County | 0 | 365 | 93 | Complete |
| Atascosa County | 0 | 341 | 92 | Complete |
| Maverick County | 0 | 351 | 90 | Complete |
| Orange County | 0 | 364 | 90 | Complete |
| Potter County | 0 | 320 | 85 | Complete |
| Brazos County | 0 | 340 | 78 | Complete |
| Wilson County | 0 | 362 | 41 | Complete |
| Karnes County | 0 | 356 | 32 | Complete |
Source: U.S. EPA AirData, annual AQI by county, 2025, data as of June 25, 2026. A complete year has an AQI on at least 274 days.