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Hillsville, Pennsylvania Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Hillsville weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Hillsville, PA
Saturday, July 4 at 8:33 AM
73
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
78°
Humidity
84%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
1:55 AM
Sunset
4:57 PM
Hillsville, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastHillsville, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit with a 40% chance of precipitation at 6 PM.
L 68°H 91°
Hillsville, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Drizzle
    60%
    0.04″
    91°69°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    74%
    0.02″
    83°68°-8°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    T-storm w/ Hail
    68%
    0.54″
    77°64°-6°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    24%
    82°62°+5°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    86°61°+4°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    49%
    86°65°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    47%
    82°66°-4°
Hillsville, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
286° · veering 20°
Direction
WNW
286°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 6
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 26 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 202SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 20° from the wnw.
Hillsville, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
976.7
+1.3 mb in 3h · rising · 28.84 inHg
Now
976.7
mb
3h
+1.3
mb
12h
+0.7
mb
24h
-2.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 976980
970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW979.5975.6976.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Hillsville, PA
Air quality
46
AQI
Good
0 in 6hPeak ~54 @ 7 PM

AQI 46 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 11.9 µg/m³ (AQI 56) with a 0.98 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 7 PM.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
11.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
11μg/m³
OzoneModerate
64μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.9 µg/m³ (AQI 56) with a 0.98 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.98
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Hillsville, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
53%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
31.2mi
UNLIMITED
84 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
12:33 UTC · Hillsville, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
12:33 UTC · Hillsville, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Hillsville, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Hillsville, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Hillsville, PA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:22 AM
Sunrise
1:55 AM
Daylight
15h 02m
Sunset
4:57 PM
Civil dusk
9:32 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Hillsville, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
11:17 PM
Moonset
10:25 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Hillsville, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Hillsville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 73°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 22 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 16132

16-Day Forecast — Hillsville

  1. Sat90°69°60%
  2. Sun83°68°74%
  3. Mon77°64°68%
  4. Tue82°62°24%
  5. Wed86°61°8%
  6. Thu86°65°49%
  7. Fri82°66°47%
  8. Sat85°64°33%
  9. Sun75°62°24%
  10. Mon70°57°16%
  11. Tue78°57°14%
  12. Wed87°64°33%
  13. Thu90°67°29%
  14. Fri86°69°49%
  15. Sat86°69°39%
  16. Sun86°62°35%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, 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 — Hillsville

SPC has placed Hillsville in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

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 Hillsville

  • 16132
  • 16116

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.