Sand Springs, Texas Weather
Sand Springs, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sand Springs, Howard County.
Full aviation weather for Sand Springs is published on the Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport (KBPG) page, 18 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 3 airfields within reach of Sand Springs have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Sand Springs: Stanton Municipal Airport (K63F) 46 km · Winston Field (KSNK) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBPG describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sand Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sand Springs.
About Sand Springs, Texas
Sand Springs rests on a wide, flat expanse of West Texas, where the sky seems to hold a perpetual, pale blue dominion. It lies 46.9 miles east-north-east of Midland, TX (from Midland, TX: bearing 65°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-north-east of Big Spring. The land here is a study in subtle shades of ochre and dusty green, a horizon unbroken save for the occasional windmill, its blades turning with a slow, deliberate grace against the vastness. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent of mesquite and sun-baked earth, a fragrance that clings to everything. Even the shadows, cast long and sharp by the low sun, seem to possess a certain weight, a quiet presence in the open country. The history of Sand Springs is as unpretentious as the landscape it inhabits, its early days tied to the discovery of oil and the promise of a quick fortune. While the boom times have long since subsided, the echo of that industry still resonates, a quiet undercurrent in the local economy, which now leans more heavily on ranching and agriculture. The character of Sand Springs is one of resilience and self-sufficiency, a place where neighbours know each other and the rhythm of life is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling tourist attractions, but in the stoic endurance of the land and the quiet strength of its people, Sand Springs offers a profound sense of place.
Live animated radar for Sand Springs and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Sand Springs, Howard County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.28262°N, 101.350956°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79720 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sand Springs, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sand Springs, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Sand Springs includes coordinates 32.282620°N, 101.350956°W, situated in Howard County. ZIP code 79720. Telephone area code: 806. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
