Deming, NM Air Quality
EPA monitor data through 2025 · Updated August 13, 2026 · Methods
In 2025, Deming, NM recorded 18 days above an Air Quality Index of 100, the level at which EPA begins warning sensitive groups, out of 360 days with monitoring data. Most of those bad days were driven by ozone and fine particles equally. Under the AQI rules that applied before 2013, the same air would have scored 18 days. Since 2007, unhealthy days are 1700% higher on a consistent definition.
Unhealthy days by year, scored two ways
EPA changed what an AQI of 100 means in 2013 and again in 2015, so a count published before those changes is not comparable to one published after. Each panel below applies a single fixed rulebook to every year, so each is internally consistent. Why this matters.
Scored by today's rules
Scored by the pre-2013 rules
What 2025 looked like
| Air quality category | Days | Share of monitored days |
|---|---|---|
| Good | 305 | 85% |
| Moderate | 37 | 10% |
| Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 9 | 2% |
| Unhealthy or worse | 9 | 2% |
Median AQI 17 · 90th-percentile AQI 65 · worst day 321. Scored under current rules.
What drove the unhealthy days
Of the 18 days above 100 in 2025, 0 were driven by ozone and 0 by fine particles, with 18 from another pollutant. The two behave differently. Ozone peaks on hot sunny afternoons; fine particles now spike mainly with wildfire smoke.
The unhealthy days in 2025
Every day the index passed 100, what it reached, and which pollutant drove it.
| Date | Peak AQI | Driven by | Pre-2013 score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11 | 177 | Coarse particles | 177 |
| Feb 27 | 152 | Coarse particles | 152 |
| Mar 3 | 164 | Coarse particles | 164 |
| Mar 4 | 109 | Coarse particles | 109 |
| Mar 6 | 143 | Coarse particles | 143 |
| Mar 13 | 141 | Coarse particles | 141 |
| Mar 18 | 178 | Coarse particles | 178 |
| Apr 1 | 210 | Coarse particles | 210 |
| Apr 5 | 112 | Coarse particles | 112 |
| Apr 17 | 196 | Coarse particles | 196 |
| Apr 27 | 165 | Coarse particles | 165 |
| May 13 | 149 | Coarse particles | 149 |
| May 30 | 149 | Coarse particles | 149 |
| May 31 | 321 | Coarse particles | 324 |
| Jun 20 | 107 | Coarse particles | 107 |
| Jun 29 | 156 | Coarse particles | 156 |
| Jun 30 | 147 | Coarse particles | 147 |
| Aug 10 | 111 | Coarse particles | 111 |
Statewide context
Deming, NM sits in New Mexico.
The full series
| Year | Unhealthy days, current rules | Pre-2013 rules | Days monitored |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 58 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 199 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 365 |
| 2008 | 24 | 24 | 366 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 365 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 365 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | 365 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7 | 366 |
| 2013 | 11 | 11 | 365 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | 365 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 356 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 360 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | 360 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 357 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 361 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 354 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 362 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 358 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 351 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 365 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 360 |
Sources
- EPA AirData daily monitor files, recomputed under both breakpoint tables. Methods and validation.
- Download the full dataset for every state and metro.