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Bishop Hills, Texas Weather

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

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

Bishop Hills, TX
Saturday, July 4 at 9:13 AM
83
°
Overcast
Feels like
78°
Humidity
43%
Wind
19 mph
Sunrise
1:38 AM
Sunset
4:06 PM
Bishop Hills, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBishop Hills, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 67°H 100°
Bishop Hills, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Drizzle
    11%
    0.02″
    100°75°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Rain
    34%
    0.16″
    96°67°-4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    34%
    95°66°-1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    10%
    98°74°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    102°76°+4°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    26%
    103°77°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    26%
    101°79°-2°
Bishop Hills, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
241° · veering 29°
Direction
WSW
241°
Sustained
19
mph
Gust
32
mph
Peak 24h
37
avg 18
Beaufort · 5 · FRESH 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 18 · pk 37 @ 8:00a
0102030405060MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8B9B10-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 5510SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 19 mph with gusts pulsing to 32 — flags snap, branches bend.
Bishop Hills, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
895.0
+2.1 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 26.43 inHg
Now
895.0
mb
3h
+2.1
mb
12h
+0.3
mb
24h
-1.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 893897
885890895900905-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW897.4892.5895.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Bishop Hills, TX
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-3 in 6h

AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneModerate
63μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 3.4 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
3.4 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 10

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.77
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Bishop Hills, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
91%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
87.9mi
UNLIMITED
130 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
14:13 UTC · Bishop Hills, TX · 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
14:13 UTC · Bishop Hills, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Bishop Hills, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bishop Hills, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bishop Hills, TX
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:09 AM
Sunrise
1:38 AM
Daylight
14h 28m
Sunset
4:06 PM
Civil dusk
9:37 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Bishop Hills, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
11:37 PM
Moonset
11:01 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bishop Hills, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bishop Hills at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Bishop Hills

  1. Sat100°75°11%
  2. Sun96°67°34%
  3. Mon95°66°34%
  4. Tue98°74°10%
  5. Wed102°76°9%
  6. Thu103°77°26%
  7. Fri101°79°26%
  8. Sat103°78°17%
  9. Sun102°73°5%
  10. Mon103°77°4%
  11. Tue107°77°3%
  12. Wed105°80°9%
  13. Thu97°76°11%
  14. Fri93°73°19%
  15. Sat85°71°25%
  16. Sun87°68°24%

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 — Bishop Hills

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

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • 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 Bishop Hills

  • 79124

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.