SmogRank / United States / New Mexico / Hobbs
Hobbs, month by month
Hobbs has a measured daily mean on 1,193 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was April 2025, at 66 US AQI (17.1 µg/m³), 472nd of 2,951 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was February 2023, at 19 US AQI (3.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 45 US AQI (8.1 µg/m³), against 37 US AQI (6.7 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
7 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | No day measured. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2024 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2023 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2023 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2023 | 16 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Hobbs's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | 6617.1 µg/m³ | 472ndof 2,951 | South-western United States and Mexico, April 2025 |
| May 2023 | 6416.0 µg/m³ | 132ndof 1,600 | – |
| March 2026 | 5310.2 µg/m³ | 1,620thof 2,971 | – |
| May 2025 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 978thof 2,826 | South-western United States and Mexico, May 2025 |
| July 2024 | 498.9 µg/m³ | 1,046thof 2,566 | – |
| July 2023 | 488.6 µg/m³ | 804thof 1,432 | – |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Hobbs's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2025 | 186105.0 µg/m³ | South-western United States and Mexico, March 2025 |
| 18 Apr 2025 | 183101.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 1 Apr 2025 | 15358.5 µg/m³ | South-western United States and Mexico, April 2025 |
| 19 Apr 2025 | 15156.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 13449.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 May 2023 | 10336.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 14 May 2025 | 8828.9 µg/m³ | South-western United States and Mexico, May 2025 |
| 13 May 2025 | 8527.3 µg/m³ | South-western United States and Mexico, May 2025 |
| 2 Apr 2025 | 8326.4 µg/m³ | South-western United States and Mexico, April 2025 |
| 26 Apr 2026 | 8326.3 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Hobbs, United States, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/hobbs/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Hobbs now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).