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Bishop Hills, Texas Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Bishop Hills, TX
Sunday, July 5 at 4:26 AM
71
°
Overcast
Feels like
72°
Humidity
65%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
1:38 AM
Sunset
4:05 PM
Bishop Hills, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBishop Hills, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit with a 24% chance of precipitation at 8 PM.
L 67°H 97°
Bishop Hills, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Rain
    24%
    0.37″
    97°67°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    96°65°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    97°74°+1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    17%
    100°77°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    100°76°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    40%
    98°75°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Showers
    40%
    0.13″
    97°72°-1°
Bishop Hills, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NE
040° · backing 168°
Direction
NE
040°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
35
avg 12
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 12 · pk 35 @ 8:00a
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 391SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Bishop Hills, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
894.0
-0.9 mb in 3h · falling · 26.40 inHg
Now
894.0
mb
3h
-0.9
mb
12h
-3.1
mb
24h
+1.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 893899
885890895900905-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW898.5892.8894.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Bishop Hills, TX
Air quality
37
AQI
Good
-5 in 6h

AQI 37 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 8.8 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.81 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.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
19μg/m³
OzoneGood
37μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.8 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.81 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.81
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Bishop Hills, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
81%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
53.4mi
UNLIMITED
144 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
09:26 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
09:26 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 · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:10 AM
Sunrise
1:38 AM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
4:05 PM
Civil dusk
9:36 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Bishop Hills, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
12:03 AM
Moonset
12:04 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bishop Hills, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bishop Hills at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below 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.

15-Day Forecast — Bishop Hills

  1. Sun97°67°24%
  2. Mon96°65°4%
  3. Tue97°74°3%
  4. Wed100°77°17%
  5. Thu100°76°40%
  6. Fri98°75°40%
  7. Sat97°72°40%
  8. Sun94°68°7%
  9. Mon98°76°3%
  10. Tue102°77°4%
  11. Wed106°78°6%
  12. Thu105°79°18%
  13. Fri99°75°10%
  14. Sat96°72°10%
  15. Sun95°73°21%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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.