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Hillsboro, Tennessee Weather

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk. Day 16 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Hillsboro, TN
Sunday, July 5 at 8:38 PM
77
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
85°
Humidity
82%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
12:34 AM
Sunset
3:02 PM
Hillsboro, TN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastHillsboro, TN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit with a 29% chance of precipitation at 1 PM.
L 71°H 84°
Hillsboro, TN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    66%
    0.02″
    86°71°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    29%
    84°71°-2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    47%
    87°70°+3°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Heavy Drizzle
    35%
    86°69°-1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Thunderstorm
    33%
    87°68°+1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Thunderstorm
    50%
    0.01″
    88°69°+1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Drizzle
    62%
    90°69°+2°
Hillsboro, TN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
203° · veering 17°
Direction
SSW
203°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 4 mph
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 4 mph · pk 12 mph @ 11:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 128SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 17° from the ssw.
Hillsboro, TN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
975.6
-0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 28.81 inHg
Now
975.6
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
-2.0
mb
24h
-2.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 976979
970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW978.6975.5975.5
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Hillsboro, TN
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
+4 in 6h

AQI 48 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 9.3 µg/m³ (AQI 51) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 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.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneModerate
75μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 35. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~83%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 35
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.3 µg/m³ (AQI 51) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.97
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Hillsboro, TN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
71%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
32.4mi
UNLIMITED
47 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
01:38 UTC · Hillsboro, TN · 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
01:38 UTC · Hillsboro, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Hillsboro, TN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Hillsboro, TN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Hillsboro, TN
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:05 AM
Sunrise
12:34 AM
Daylight
14h 28m
Sunset
3:02 PM
Civil dusk
8:33 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Hillsboro, TN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
67% illuminated
Moonrise
11:25 PM
Moonset
12:02 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Hillsboro, TN
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Hillsboro at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 77°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

ZIP code: 37342

16-Day Forecast — Hillsboro

  1. Sun86°71°66%
  2. Mon84°71°29%
  3. Tue87°70°47%
  4. Wed86°69°35%
  5. Thu87°68°33%
  6. Fri88°69°50%
  7. Sat90°69°62%
  8. Sun86°69°50%
  9. Mon84°71°25%
  10. Tue90°71°14%
  11. Wed85°64°7%
  12. Thu82°59°39%
  13. Fri88°64°42%
  14. Sat86°67°42%
  15. Sun82°67°40%
  16. Mon81°68°53%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, 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 — Hillsboro

SPC includes Hillsboro in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Hillsboro

  • 37342

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.