Editing Big Spring, Texas (section)

== Geography ==
Big Spring is located slightly south of the center of Howard County in the valley of Beals Creek, an eastward-flowing tributary of the [[Colorado River (Texas)|Colorado River]]. Interstate 20 runs through the northern side of the city, with access from exits 174 through 182. I-20 leads east {{convert|108|mi}} to Abilene and west {{convert|40|mi}} to Midland. U.S. Route 87 (Gregg Street) until recently ran through the center of Big Spring, leading north {{convert|106|mi}} to Lubbock and southeast {{convert|86|mi}} to San Angelo. A bypass to the west of the city now carries US 87, while the old route is now Business US 87.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|19.226|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|19.138|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.088|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023" />

=== Climate ===
{{Weather box
|location = Big Spring, Texas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–2021)
|single line = Y
|collapsed = Y
| Jan record high F  = 85
| Feb record high F  = 91
| Mar record high F  = 97
| Apr record high F  = 105
| May record high F  = 109
| Jun record high F  = 114
| Jul record high F  = 110
| Aug record high F  = 112
| Sep record high F  = 108
| Oct record high F  = 101
| Nov record high F  = 92
| Dec record high F  = 86
| year record high F =
|Jan avg record high F = 78.0
|Feb avg record high F = 81.9
|Mar avg record high F = 88.5
|Apr avg record high F = 94.4
|May avg record high F = 100.7
|Jun avg record high F = 104.1
|Jul avg record high F = 103.5
|Aug avg record high F = 102.1
|Sep avg record high F = 97.8
|Oct avg record high F = 93.6
|Nov avg record high F = 83.5
|Dec avg record high F = 77.2
|year avg record high F = 106.4
|Jan high F = 58.0
|Feb high F = 62.5
|Mar high F = 71.0
|Apr high F = 79.4
|May high F = 87.0
|Jun high F = 93.8
|Jul high F = 95.8
|Aug high F = 94.7
|Sep high F = 87.9
|Oct high F = 79.1
|Nov high F = 67.1
|Dec high F = 58.2
|year high F = 77.9
| Jan mean F  = 44.7
| Feb mean F  = 48.6
| Mar mean F  = 56.7
| Apr mean F  = 64.7
| May mean F  = 73.3
| Jun mean F  = 81.0
| Jul mean F  = 83.9
| Aug mean F  = 83.1
| Sep mean F  = 75.7
| Oct mean F  = 66.1
| Nov mean F  = 53.9
| Dec mean F  = 45.5
| year mean F = 64.8
|Jan low F = 31.4
|Feb low F = 34.7
|Mar low F = 42.4
|Apr low F = 50.1
|May low F = 59.5
|Jun low F = 68.2
|Jul low F = 72.1
|Aug low F = 71.5
|Sep low F = 63.6
|Oct low F = 53.1
|Nov low F = 40.7
|Dec low F = 32.8
|year low F = 51.7
|Jan avg record low F = 19.0
|Feb avg record low F = 21.5
|Mar avg record low F = 27.3
|Apr avg record low F = 36.2
|May avg record low F = 46.4
|Jun avg record low F = 59.0
|Jul avg record low F = 64.9
|Aug avg record low F = 64.0
|Sep avg record low F = 51.7
|Oct avg record low F = 36.8
|Nov avg record low F = 26.1
|Dec avg record low F = 20.1
|year avg record low F = 15.0
| Jan record low F  = -2
| Feb record low F  = -5
| Mar record low F  = 9
| Apr record low F  = 25
| May record low F  = 31
| Jun record low F  = 43
| Jul record low F  = 51
| Aug record low F  = 50
| Sep record low F  = 39
| Oct record low F  = 19
| Nov record low F  = 15
| Dec record low F  = 1
| year record low F =
|precipitation color = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.73
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.80
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.15
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.55
|May precipitation inch = 2.54
|Jun precipitation inch = 2.49
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.58
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.40
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.39
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.84
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.35
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.78
|year precipitation inch= 19.60
|Jan snow inch = 0.3
|Feb snow inch = 0.7
|Mar snow inch = 0.0
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.3
|Dec snow inch = 0.7
|year snow inch = 2.0
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days  = 2.8
| Feb precipitation days  = 3.3
| Mar precipitation days  = 3.5
| Apr precipitation days  = 2.8
| May precipitation days  = 4.1
| Jun precipitation days  = 5.3
| Jul precipitation days  = 4.0
| Aug precipitation days  = 5.2
| Sep precipitation days  = 5.0
| Oct precipitation days  = 4.1
| Nov precipitation days  = 2.6
| Dec precipitation days  = 2.8
| year precipitation days = 45.5
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days  = 0.2
| Feb snow days  = 0.2
| Mar snow days  = 0.0
| Apr snow days  = 0.0
| May snow days  = 0.0
| Jun snow days  = 0.0
| Jul snow days  = 0.0
| Aug snow days  = 0.0
| Sep snow days  = 0.0
| Oct snow days  = 0.0
| Nov snow days  = 0.1
| Dec snow days  = 0.3
| year snow days = 0.8
|source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=maf |title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = May 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USW00023041&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020 |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = April 26, 2023}}</ref>
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