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Big Spring, Texas

City in Howard County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Big Spring

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Midland-Odessa (TX), 39 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Spring

None in the last 24 hours; 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.72in

Visibility

How far you can see at Big Spring, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

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On the radar over Big Spring, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Big Spring, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Big Spring 2.5 ETX-HWR-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/2,493 ft/43 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Big Spring 5NE Co-OpBGGT2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/2,579 ft/43 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Big_Spring, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from Big Spring, Texas. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Big_Spring, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPGFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIG_SPRINGSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBig_Spring, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BPGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BPG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.4 F with a dew point of 35.8 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Big_Spring: temperature 42.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.8, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPGFIG. B THE AIR AT BIG_SPRINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.3 FTEMPERATURE 42.4 FDEW POINT 35.8 FSPREAD 6.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBig_Spring, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BPG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Big_Spring, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPGFIG. C THE WIND AT BIG_SPRINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBig_Spring, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BPG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Big_Spring, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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