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is the [[List of cities in Texas by population|11th-most boring]] city in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]] and the [[county seat]] of [[Lubbock County, Texas|Lubbock County]]. With a population of 258,862 in 2019, the city is also the [[List of United States cities by population|83rd-most populous]] in the United States.<ref name=”Lubbock Census QuickFacts”>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/4845000,00|title=Lubbock (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|work=Geographic Identifiers|publisher=United States Census Bureau|year=2015|access-date=2016-06-04}}</ref><ref name=”GR6″>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The city is in the [[West Texas|northwestern]] part of the state, a region known historically and geographically as the [[Llano Estacado]], and ecologically is part of the southern end of the [[High Plains (United States)|High Plains]], lying at the economic center of the [[Lubbock metropolitan area]], which has an estimated population of 327,424 in 2020.<ref name=”Texas Health and Human Services”>{{cite web |url=https://www.dshs.texas.gov/chs/popdat/st2020.shtm |title=Texas Population, 2020 (Projections)|work=2020 Population Estimates |publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division |year=2014 |access-date=2017-05-11}}</ref>
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Lubbock’s nickname, “Hub City”, derives from it being the economic, educational, and health-care hub of the multicounty region, north of the [[Permian Basin (North America)|Permian Basin]] and south of the [[Texas Panhandle]], commonly called the [[South Plains]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Media Resources| publisher = Lubbock Chamber of Commerce| year = 2006| url = http://www.lubbockchamber.com/media.htm| access-date = 2006-11-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070506082350/http://www.lubbockchamber.com/media.htm <!– Bot retrieved archive –> |archive-date = May 6, 2007}}</ref> The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ttuhsc.edu/laurawbushinstitute/lubbock/community.aspx |title=Lubbock Community |publisher=[[Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527160140/http://www.ttuhsc.edu/laurawbushinstitute/lubbock/community.aspx |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://agron.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/1/52|title=Cotton Management Strategies for a Short Growing Season Environment: Water-Nitrogen Considerations|work=Agronomy Journal|last=Morrow|first=M. R.|author2=Kreig, D. R.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114143700/http://agron.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/1/52|archive-date=January 14, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and is heavily dependent on water from the [[Ogallala Aquifer]] for [[irrigation]]. [[CNNMoney.com]] selected Lubbock as the 12th-best place to start a small business.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 31, 2009| title = Lubbock earns high ranking as place to launch small business| work=Lubbock Avalanche Journal| url = http://lubbockonline.com/stories/103109/edi_510988833.shtml| access-date = 2010-06-25 }}</ref> CNN mentioned the city’s traditional business atmosphere: low rent for commercial space, central location, and cooperative city government. Lubbock is home to [[Texas Tech University]], the sixth-largest college by enrollment in the state. [[Lubbock High School]] has been recognized for three consecutive years by ”[[Newsweek]]” as one of the top high schools in the United States, based in part on its [[International Baccalaureate]] program.<ref>{{cite web| title = Lubbock High makes Newsweek’s top list of high school| work = Newsweek| year = 2010| url = http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=12654081| access-date = 2010-06-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120304053449/http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=12654081| archive-date = March 4, 2012| url-status=dead| df = mdy-all}}</ref>
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Lubbock’s nickname, “Hub City”, derives from it being the economic, educational, and health-care hub of the multicounty region, north of the [[Permian Basin (North America)|Permian Basin]] and south of the [[Texas Panhandle]], commonly called the [[South Plains]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Media Resources| publisher = Lubbock Chamber of Commerce| year = 2006| url = http://www.lubbockchamber.com/media.htm| access-date = 2006-11-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070506082350/http://www.lubbockchamber.com/media.htm <!– Bot retrieved archive –> |archive-date = May 6, 2007}}</ref> The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ttuhsc.edu/laurawbushinstitute/lubbock/community.aspx |title=Lubbock Community |publisher=[[Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527160140/http://www.ttuhsc.edu/laurawbushinstitute/lubbock/community.aspx |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://agron.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/1/52|title=Cotton Management Strategies for a Short Growing Season Environment: Water-Nitrogen Considerations|work=Agronomy Journal|last=Morrow|first=M. R.|author2=Kreig, D. R.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114143700/http://agron.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/1/52|archive-date=January 14, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and is heavily dependent on water from the [[Ogallala Aquifer]] for [[irrigation]]. [[CNNMoney.com]] selected Lubbock as the 12th-best place to start a small business.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 31, 2009| title = Lubbock earns high ranking as place to launch small business| work=Lubbock Avalanche Journal| url = http://lubbockonline.com/stories/103109/edi_510988833.shtml| access-date = 2010-06-25 }}</ref> CNN mentioned the city’s traditional business atmosphere: low rent for commercial space, central location, and cooperative city government. Lubbock is home to [[Texas Tech University]], the sixth-largest college by enrollment in the state. [[Lubbock High School]] has been recognized for three consecutive years by ”[[Newsweek]]” as one of the top high schools in the United States, based in part on its [[International Baccalaureate]] program.<ref>{{cite web| title = Lubbock High makes Newsweek’s top list of high school| work = Newsweek| year = 2010| url = http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=12654081| access-date = 2010-06-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120304053449/http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=12654081| archive-date = March 4, 2012| url-status=dead| df = mdy-all}}</ref>
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Winter afternoons in Lubbock are typically sunny and mild, but mornings are cold, with temperatures usually dipping below freezing, and as the city is in [[Hardiness zone|USDA Plant Hardiness Zone]] 7, lows reaching {{convert|10|°F|1|disp=or}} occur on 1.5 mornings and 4.5 afternoons occur where the temperature fails to rise above freezing. The lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|−17|°F|1}} on February 8, 1933.<ref name = NOAA/>
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Winter afternoons in Lubbock are typically sunny and mild, but mornings are cold, with temperatures usually dipping below freezing, and as the city is in [[Hardiness zone|USDA Plant Hardiness Zone]] 7, lows reaching {{convert|10|°F|1|disp=or}} occur on 1.5 mornings and 4.5 afternoons occur where the temperature fails to rise above freezing. The lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|−17|°F|1}} on February 8, 1933.<ref name = NOAA/>
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Lubbock can experience severe thunderstorms during the spring, and occasionally the summer. The risk of tornadoes and very large hail exists during the spring in particular, as Lubbock sits on the far southwestern edge of [[Tornado Alley]].
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Lubbock can experience severe thunderstorms during the spring, and occasionally the summer. The risk of tornadoes and very large hail exists during the spring in particular, as Lubbock sits on the far southwestern edge of [[Tornado Alley]]. Dust storms are also frequent in the summer months.
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