Texas air quality

Bushland, Texas Air Quality

Potter County35.192, -102.065

The nearest monitor to Bushland, at Amarillo 24th Ave C1025, 16 miles away, measured an index of 17 at Mon, 2:00 PM CDT, which is Good for fine particles (PM2.5). Texas Commission on Environmental Quality forecasts Good for Amarillo today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
17 · Good
Today
— · Good
Tomorrow
— · Good
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Bushland, Texas. Open it for the live map, where it pans and zooms.

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Bushland, Texas Open the live map with the particulate forecast

Map layer from NOAA National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

Alerts in force2

An Air Quality Alert is issued by the National Weather Service on behalf of a state or local agency when pollution is expected to reach a level that harms health. An Air Stagnation Advisory means the air will not move enough to clear what is already in it.

  • Air Quality Alert Air Quality Alert issued September 21 at 3:02PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TXWise; Denton; Collin; Hunt; Parker; Tarrant; Dallas; Rockwall; Kaufman; Hood; Johnson; Ellis; Henderson
    Full text

    AQAFWD The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Tuesday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by sharing a ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive-through lanes, conserving energy, and keeping your vehicle properly tuned. For more information on ozone: Ozone: The Facts (www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/ozonefacts) Air North Texas: (www.airnorthtexas.org) EPA Air Now (www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action.local_state&STATEID=45&TAB=0) Take care of Texas (www.takecareoftexas.org) North Central Texas Council of Governments Air Quality (www.nctcog.org/trans/air/index.asp)

  • Air Quality Alert Air Quality Alert issued September 21 at 2:57PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TXInland Harris; Inland Brazoria; Inland Galveston; Coastal Harris; Coastal Brazoria; Coastal Galveston; Brazoria Islands; Galveston Island; Bolivar Peninsula
    Full text

    AQAHGX The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Houston, Galveston, and Brazoria area for Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone pollution in the Houston, Galveston, and surrounding areas on Tuesday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by sharing a ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive through lanes, conserving energy and keeping your vehicle properly tuned. For more information on ozone: Ozone: The Facts www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/monops/ozonefacts.html EPA AirNow: www.airnow.gov/?city=Houston&state=TX&country=USA Take Care of Texas: www.takecareoftexas.org/conservation-tips/keep-our-air-clean

All Texas warnings

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Amarillo 24th Ave C1025, 16 miles away (site 483751025)
Index measured
17 · Good
Measured at
Mon, 2:00 PM CDT
Reporting area
Amarillo, TX, 13 miles away
Reported by
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Area index
30 · Good

Measured, not modeled. AirNow observations are preliminary until the operating agency certifies them, which happens months later.

Today and tomorrow

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's own forecast for Amarillo, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGoodOzone
TomorrowGoodOzone
Wednesday, September 23GoodOzone
Thursday, September 24GoodOzone

Hour by hour

NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability, bias-corrected against monitors, for this town’s own coordinate. The worst hour ahead is an index of 43, Good, around Mon, 6:00 PM CDT, from the run issued Mon, 7:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Mon, 9:00 AM CDT29Good5.5
Mon, 10:00 AM CDT28Good4.8
Mon, 11:00 AM CDT28Good4.8
Mon, 12:00 PM CDT28Good5.3
Mon, 1:00 PM CDT29Good5.6
Mon, 2:00 PM CDT29Good5.7
Mon, 3:00 PM CDT34Good5.537.9
Mon, 4:00 PM CDT39Good5.442.7
Mon, 5:00 PM CDT42Good4.745.2
Mon, 6:00 PM CDT43Good4.546.6
Mon, 7:00 PM CDT43Good4.246.3
Mon, 8:00 PM CDT43Good4.346.2
Mon, 9:00 PM CDT42Good4.745.3
Mon, 10:00 PM CDT40Good544
Mon, 11:00 PM CDT39Good5.242.4
Tue, 12:00 AM CDT37Good5.240.2
Tue, 1:00 AM CDT35Good4.838.7
Tue, 2:00 AM CDT34Good4.137.9
Tue, 3:00 AM CDT34Good3.837.8
Tue, 4:00 AM CDT33Good3.936.6
Tue, 5:00 AM CDT32Good3.935.4
Tue, 6:00 AM CDT31Good3.534
Tue, 7:00 AM CDT31Good3.333.5
Tue, 8:00 AM CDT30Good3.332.8
Tue, 9:00 AM CDT30Good3.332
Tue, 10:00 AM CDT29Good3.531.6
Tue, 11:00 AM CDT29Good3.731.8
Tue, 12:00 PM CDT30Good4.232.9
Tue, 1:00 PM CDT31Good4.934.8
Tue, 2:00 PM CDT33Good5.136.7
Tue, 3:00 PM CDT35Good4.938.3
Tue, 4:00 PM CDT37Good4.740.6
Tue, 5:00 PM CDT40Good4.643
Tue, 6:00 PM CDT41Good4.844.7
Tue, 7:00 PM CDT42Good545.6
Tue, 8:00 PM CDT42Good5.445.8
Tue, 9:00 PM CDT42Good5.646
Tue, 10:00 PM CDT43Good5.646.3
Tue, 11:00 PM CDT42Good5.746
Wed, 12:00 AM CDT42Good5.945.3
Wed, 1:00 AM CDT40Good6.143.9
Wed, 2:00 AM CDT39Good6.242.2
Wed, 3:00 AM CDT37Good6.440.7
Wed, 4:00 AM CDT36Good6.539.7
Wed, 5:00 AM CDT35Good6.638.4
Wed, 6:00 AM CDT34Good6.336.2
Wed, 7:00 AM CDT34Good5.834
Wed, 8:00 AM CDT33Good5.432
Wed, 9:00 AM CDT32Good5.131.4
Wed, 10:00 AM CDT32Good5.531.9
Wed, 11:00 AM CDT32Good6.132.1
Wed, 12:00 PM CDT33Good6.432.2
Wed, 1:00 PM CDT33Good6.332.6
Wed, 2:00 PM CDT34Good6.634.1
Wed, 3:00 PM CDT34Good6.636
Wed, 4:00 PM CDT36Good6.937.9
Wed, 5:00 PM CDT36Good6.938.9
Wed, 6:00 PM CDT37Good6.939.9
Wed, 7:00 PM CDT38Good6.941.3
Wed, 8:00 PM CDT39Good6.842.5
Wed, 9:00 PM CDT39Good6.342.8
Wed, 10:00 PM CDT40Good6.143.4
Wed, 11:00 PM CDT40Good5.143.7
Thu, 12:00 AM CDT40Good4.643.8
Thu, 1:00 AM CDT40Good4.544
Thu, 2:00 AM CDT40Good4.843.5
Thu, 3:00 AM CDT39Good4.642.7
Thu, 4:00 AM CDT38Good4.741.5
Thu, 5:00 AM CDT37Good540.6
Thu, 6:00 AM CDT35Good5.438.7
Thu, 7:00 AM CDT33Good6.237

Fine particles in micrograms per cubic meter, ozone in parts per billion as an 8-hour average. The index for each hour is EPA’s: the ozone figure is already the 8-hour average the ozone index is defined on, and the particle figure is run through EPA’s NowCast, which is how an hourly PM2.5 concentration becomes an index.

Smoke

NOAA’s analysts have not drawn smoke over Bushland in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 0.2 µg/m³ around Mon, 4:00 AM CDT.

Smoke on the radar over Bushland

What this means

Good

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Who is affected
Nobody is expected to be affected.
What to do
It is a good day to be outside.
Index range
0 to 50

Category descriptions are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own.

What these numbers are. An index beside a monitor’s name is a measurement, published hourly by AirNow and preliminary until the operating agency certifies it. A category for today or tomorrow is a state or local agency forecaster’s own forecast for a reporting area. An hourly index is NOAA’s air quality model on a five-kilometer grid, not a reading from any instrument. Where a town has no monitor within reach, only the model figures appear, and the page says so.

Nearby

The nearest towns with a page of their own, closest first.

Weather forecast for BushlandWarnings in Potter CountyLive radar over BushlandTexas air quality

Sources

Observations and daily forecasts from AirNow, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s program with NOAA, the National Park Service, NASA, tribal, state and local agencies. Hourly forecasts from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Smoke analysis from NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System. Alerts from the National Weather Service. Index categories and breakpoints are EPA’s, as revised in 2024.