City report · Texas, United States
Lubbock Air quality today
Air quality in Lubbock currently reads AQI 20 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 20
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.6
- tree cover
- 6.3%
- trees in this area
- 19.8K
- more trees needed
- 74.5K
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Downtown, Lubbock, TX, USA (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lubbock · AQI 20 (Good)
Lubbock's tree count comes to 19,792 trees across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²), 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 74,456 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lubbock today: AQI 20, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Lubbock 12th Street, Lubbock, Texas, 4.0 mi (6.4 km) away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.6
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Air Now - US EPA
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lubbock's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 8 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 46 on Nov 5.
Where Lubbock stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lubbock: Critically low
6.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²).
Trees in this area
19,792
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
74,456
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,638 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lubbock lost?
There was very little forest around Lubbock in 2000, about 39 acres (16 hectares), and about 3 acres (1 hectare) of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Acres of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lubbock?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good25% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown67% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 206 acres (83 ha)
- Forest in 2020
- 264 acres (107 ha)
- Overall change
- +58 acres (24 ha)more forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lubbock grew from about 206 acres (83 hectares) to 264 acres (107 hectares), a net gain of about 58 acres (24 hectares). New forest grew on about 69 acres (28 hectares), while 10 acres (4 hectares) were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Lubbock right now?
The latest reading for Lubbock shows an AQI of 20 (Good), measured Nov 11, 06:00 local time by the Lubbock 12th Street, Lubbock, Texas ground monitoring station, 4.0 mi (6.4 km) away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Lubbock today?
At AQI 20 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Lubbock been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lubbock's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 8 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 46 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Lubbock lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Lubbock in 2000, about 39 acres (16 hectares), and about 3 acres (1 hectare) of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lubbock grew from about 206 acres (83 hectares) to 264 acres (107 hectares), a net gain of about 58 acres (24 hectares). New forest grew on about 69 acres (28 hectares), while 10 acres (4 hectares) were lost.
What is the tree count in Lubbock?
Lubbock has an estimated 19,792 trees across the 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²) measured — 6.3% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lubbock need?
Lubbock needs roughly 74,456 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,638 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lubbock's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Downtown, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Downtown; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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