Big Spring, Texas Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Big Spring weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast——100°76°—
- SundayJul 5Drizzle19%0.03″101°70°+1°
- MondayJul 6Overcast11%—96°66°-5°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——99°74°+3°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast——100°77°+1°
- ThursdayJul 9Overcast——99°77°-1°
- FridayJul 10Overcast12%—99°75°0°
AQI 39 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 4.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.74
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:59 PM
- Moonset
- 12:03 PM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Big Spring at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: February 28 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP codes: 79720, 79721
16-Day Forecast — Big Spring
- Sat100°76°0%
- Sun101°70°19%
- Mon96°66°11%
- Tue99°74°5%
- Wed100°77°1%
- Thu99°77°1%
- Fri99°75°12%
- Sat93°77°14%
- Sun86°72°14%
- Mon84°69°12%
- Tue91°71°9%
- Wed95°73°2%
- Thu98°74°0%
- Fri100°75°9%
- Sat97°75°13%
- Sun97°75°10%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Big Spring
SPC has placed Big Spring in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Big Spring
- 79720
- 79721