Big Spring weather in April

In April, Big Spring sees average daytime highs of 78°F and overnight lows near 53°F, with 1.5 in of precipitation across 4.8 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 75°F in the first days to 82°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Big Spring's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Big Spring's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 78°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 53°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 1.5 in; 4.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 6:22 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Big Spring is city in Howard County, Texas, United States.

Density: 581/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1882

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

← March Big Spring year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 75°F in the first days to 82°F by the end.

A typical April day in Big Spring reaches about 78°F in the afternoon and slips back to 53°F overnight — a 26°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 66°F and 90°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°F warmer than March and about 8°F cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°F)	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	82
Avg low (°F)	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	74	49
2	75	49
3	75	49
4	75	49
5	76	50
6	76	50
7	76	50
8	76	50
9	77	51
10	77	51
11	77	51
12	78	51
13	78	52
14	78	52
15	78	52
16	79	53
17	79	53
18	79	53
19	80	53
20	80	54
21	80	54
22	80	54
23	80	55
24	81	55
25	81	55
26	81	55
27	82	56
28	82	56
29	82	56
30	82	56

How April really feels in Big Spring

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Big Spring weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	57° / 34°	0.8	3.3	0.8	10.1	5.1
Feb	62° / 37°	1.1	4	0.5	10.8	6.3
Mar	70° / 45°	1.5	4.6	0.2	11.8	7.6
Apr	78° / 53°	1.5	4.8	0.1	12.8	7.9
May	86° / 62°	2.9	8.8	0	13.6	5.4
Jun	92° / 69°	1.7	7.8	0	14.1	3.6
Jul	94° / 72°	1.5	5.4	0	13.9	3.2
Aug	92° / 71°	1.9	6.2	0	13.2	3.7
Sep	86° / 64°	1.9	6.8	0	12.2	5.7
Oct	77° / 54°	1.7	5.1	0.1	11.2	8.0
Nov	66° / 43°	1.1	3.5	0.4	10.3	7.3
Dec	58° / 35°	1.1	3.8	0.8	9.9	5.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	75	75	75
Cloudier (%)	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	25	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Big Spring gets around 1.5 in of rain and snow over 4.8 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 16% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	14
3	15
4	15
5	15
6	15
7	15
8	15
9	15
10	15
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	15
16	15
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	18
28	19
29	19
30	20

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	94	94	94	94	93	93	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	88	88	88	87	86	86	84	84	82	80
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	14
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	5	1
2	94	5	1
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	93	6	1
6	93	6	1
7	92	7	1
8	91	8	1
9	91	8	1
10	90	9	1
11	90	9	1
12	89	10	1
13	89	10	1
14	88	11	1
15	88	11	1
16	88	11	1
17	88	11	1
18	88	11	1
19	88	11	1
20	87	11	2
21	88	10	2
22	88	10	2
23	88	10	2
24	87	11	2
25	86	11	3
26	86	11	3
27	84	12	4
28	84	12	4
29	82	13	5
30	80	14	6

Wind in April

Winds average 12 mph in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 mph on the calmest days to 12 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (mph)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:20 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07
Sunset (PM)	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:42	6:59
2	12.3	6:40	7:00
3	12.4	6:39	7:01
4	12.4	6:38	7:02
5	12.4	6:36	7:02
6	12.5	6:35	7:03
7	12.5	6:34	7:04
8	12.5	6:32	7:04
9	12.6	6:31	7:05
10	12.6	6:30	7:06
11	12.6	6:29	7:06
12	12.7	6:27	7:07
13	12.7	6:26	7:08
14	12.7	6:25	7:08
15	12.8	6:24	7:09
16	12.8	6:22	7:10
17	12.8	6:21	7:11
18	12.9	6:20	7:11
19	12.9	6:19	7:12
20	12.9	6:18	7:13
21	13.0	6:16	7:13
22	13.0	6:15	7:14
23	13.0	6:14	7:15
24	13.0	6:13	7:16
25	13.1	6:12	7:16
26	13.1	6:11	7:17
27	13.1	6:10	7:18
28	13.2	6:09	7:19
29	13.2	6:08	7:19
30	13.2	6:07	7:20

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.11 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.6	Intense
14	6.6	Intense
15	6.7	Intense
16	6.7	Intense
17	6.7	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.9	Intense
24	6.9	Intense
25	6.9	Intense
26	6.9	Intense
27	6.9	Intense
28	6.9	Intense
29	7.0	Intense
30	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Big Spring?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Big Spring for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Big Spring in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Big Spring sees daytime highs around 78°F and nights near 53°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Big Spring in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Big Spring peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	6	10	10	11	11	11	9	6	5	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	6	High
Apr	10	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Big Spring?

Big Spring sits at 32.3°N, 101.5°W, 2,441 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Midland, 39 mi away.

Topography around Big Spring

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Big Spring.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Big Spring has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 ft around an average of 2,497 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 571 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,247 ft.

The land around Big Spring is covered by artificial surfaces (38%), grassland (29%) and trees (20%) within 2 miles, grassland (51%) and cropland (28%) within 10 miles, and grassland (66%) and cropland (24%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

417 ft

artificial surfaces 38%

10 miles

571 ft

grassland 51%

50 miles

1,247 ft

grassland 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← March Big Spring year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Midland 39 mi · Odessa 59 mi · West Odessa 66 mi · San Angelo 82 mi · Lubbock 94 mi · Hobbs 101 mi · Abilene 103 mi · Plainview 134 mi

United States travel facts

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Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
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Income group: High; World Bank
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Big Spring (32.2504°, -101.4787°, elevation 2,441 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	74	49
2	75	49
3	75	49
4	75	49
5	76	50
6	76	50
7	76	50
8	76	50
9	77	51
10	77	51
11	77	51
12	78	51
13	78	52
14	78	52
15	78	52
16	79	53
17	79	53
18	79	53
19	80	53
20	80	54
21	80	54
22	80	54
23	80	55
24	81	55
25	81	55
26	81	55
27	82	56
28	82	56
29	82	56
30	82	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	14
3	15
4	15
5	15
6	15
7	15
8	15
9	15
10	15
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	15
16	15
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	18
28	19
29	19
30	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	5	1
2	94	5	1
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	93	6	1
6	93	6	1
7	92	7	1
8	91	8	1
9	91	8	1
10	90	9	1
11	90	9	1
12	89	10	1
13	89	10	1
14	88	11	1
15	88	11	1
16	88	11	1
17	88	11	1
18	88	11	1
19	88	11	1
20	87	11	2
21	88	10	2
22	88	10	2
23	88	10	2
24	87	11	2
25	86	11	3
26	86	11	3
27	84	12	4
28	84	12	4
29	82	13	5
30	80	14	6

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	74	49
2	75	49
3	75	49
4	75	49
5	76	50
6	76	50
7	76	50
8	76	50
9	77	51
10	77	51
11	77	51
12	78	51
13	78	52
14	78	52
15	78	52
16	79	53
17	79	53
18	79	53
19	80	53
20	80	54
21	80	54
22	80	54
23	80	55
24	81	55
25	81	55
26	81	55
27	82	56
28	82	56
29	82	56
30	82	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	14
3	15
4	15
5	15
6	15
7	15
8	15
9	15
10	15
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	15
16	15
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	18
28	19
29	19
30	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	5	1
2	94	5	1
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	93	6	1
6	93	6	1
7	92	7	1
8	91	8	1
9	91	8	1
10	90	9	1
11	90	9	1
12	89	10	1
13	89	10	1
14	88	11	1
15	88	11	1
16	88	11	1
17	88	11	1
18	88	11	1
19	88	11	1
20	87	11	2
21	88	10	2
22	88	10	2
23	88	10	2
24	87	11	2
25	86	11	3
26	86	11	3
27	84	12	4
28	84	12	4
29	82	13	5
30	80	14	6

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	74	49
2	75	49
3	75	49
4	75	49
5	76	50
6	76	50
7	76	50
8	76	50
9	77	51
10	77	51
11	77	51
12	78	51
13	78	52
14	78	52
15	78	52
16	79	53
17	79	53
18	79	53
19	80	53
20	80	54
21	80	54
22	80	54
23	80	55
24	81	55
25	81	55
26	81	55
27	82	56
28	82	56
29	82	56
30	82	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	14
3	15
4	15
5	15
6	15
7	15
8	15
9	15
10	15
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	15
16	15
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	18
28	19
29	19
30	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	5	1
2	94	5	1
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	93	6	1
6	93	6	1
7	92	7	1
8	91	8	1
9	91	8	1
10	90	9	1
11	90	9	1
12	89	10	1
13	89	10	1
14	88	11	1
15	88	11	1
16	88	11	1
17	88	11	1
18	88	11	1
19	88	11	1
20	87	11	2
21	88	10	2
22	88	10	2
23	88	10	2
24	87	11	2
25	86	11	3
26	86	11	3
27	84	12	4
28	84	12	4
29	82	13	5
30	80	14	6