Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Hidalgo County

Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Hidalgo County was 140 in 2025, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That is down 17 from 2024. That is the 17th highest of 45 counties in 2025.

2025, index140

Change on 2024-17

Rank17th of 45Counties in Texas ranked

Series high1592002

Series low831996

Next release: Tuesday, 13 July 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Hidalgo County, 1996 to 2025

index. Source: EPA, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-07-13.

All 30 values

Period	index
2025	140
2024	157
2023	95
2022	136
2021	108
2020	157
2019	106
2018	115
2017	96
2016	114
2015	107
2014	89
2013	106
2012	84
2011	101
2010	91
2009	87
2008	119
2007	101
2006	97
2005	122
2004	156
2003	150
2002	159
2001	150
2000	136
1999	129
1998	136
1997	122
1996	83

Hidalgo County compared with nearby places

Under 90
90 to 110
110 to 130
130 to 140
140 to 160
160 and over
No data

Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), 2025, index. Hidalgo County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

Counties in Texas by highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) 63 places

Definition

Highest daily Air Quality Index (AQI) value recorded in a US county during the year, from the EPA AirData annual summaries. Values above 500 are beyond the AQI scale and are published as EPA computes them.

A single day decides the value, so one wildfire or dust event can set it. Dust from the dry Owens Lake bed puts Inyo and Mono counties in California in the thousands. United States counties with air quality monitors only, about 1,000 of some 3,100 in recent years; a county without monitors has no value. The number of days with an AQI differs between counties because some monitors run only in the ozone season.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI (Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Hidalgo County, 1996 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

MLA 9

EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI, Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Hidalgo County, 1996 to 2025. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/highest-daily-air-quality-index/hidalgo-county-texas. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Hidalgo County, 1996 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/highest-daily-air-quality-index/hidalgo-county-texas.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI, Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Hidalgo County, 1996 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/highest-daily-air-quality-index/hidalgo-county-texas (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Environmental Protection Agency}},
  title = {{EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI: Highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA), Hidalgo County, 1996 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/highest-daily-air-quality-index/hidalgo-county-texas. Publisher attribution: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: highest daily AQI. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download\_files.html\#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What was the highest highest daily Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Hidalgo County?

159 in 2002, the highest value since 1996 in this series.

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