Editing Merkel, Texas (section)

==Geography==
Merkel is located 17 miles west of [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]] near [[Interstate 20 in Texas|Interstate 20]]. The town has a total area of 2.8&nbsp;square miles (7.2&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all  land.

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Merkel has a [[semiarid climate]], ''BSk'' on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=595124&cityname=Merkel%2C+Texas%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Merkel, Texas]</ref>

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| location    = Merkel, TX (1991-2020 normals, station coordinates:{{coord|32.4096|N|100.0846|W}})
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =1.09
| Feb precipitation inch  =1.53
| Mar precipitation inch  =1.87
| Apr precipitation inch  =2.03
| May precipitation inch  =3.00
| Jun precipitation inch  =2.33
| Jul precipitation inch  =2.12
| Aug precipitation inch  =2.92
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.15
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.90
| Nov precipitation inch  =1.66
| Dec precipitation inch  =1.08
| year precipitation inch =
| unit precipitation days =  0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days  =3.2
| Feb precipitation days  =5.0
| Mar precipitation days  =5.9
| Apr precipitation days  =5.6
| May precipitation days  =9.0
| Jun precipitation days  =5.8
| Jul precipitation days  =4.9
| Aug precipitation days  =6.1
| Sep precipitation days  =8.1
| Oct precipitation days  =5.3
| Nov precipitation days  =4.5
| Dec precipitation days  =4.7
| year precipitation days =

| source = [[NOAA]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Station: MERKEL 5.8 SW, TX US US1TXTY0005 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=US1TXTY0005&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Summary of Monthly Normals for 1991-2020 |publisher=[[NCEI|National Centers for Environmental Information]] |page=1 |format=PDF}}</ref>
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