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Hillsboro, West Virginia Weather

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

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

Hillsboro, WV
Saturday, July 4 at 8:37 PM
70
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
75°
Humidity
83%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
2:03 AM
Sunset
4:47 PM
Hillsboro, WV
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastHillsboro, WV: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit with a 29% chance of precipitation at 7 PM.
L 63°H 84°
Hillsboro, WV
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Rain
    74%
    0.05″
    87°67°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Partly Cloudy
    29%
    84°63°-3°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Showers
    77%
    81°66°-3°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    47%
    0.02″
    83°64°+2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    19%
    0.01″
    80°61°-3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    26%
    87°59°+7°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    57%
    83°64°-4°
Hillsboro, WV
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
333° · steady
Direction
NNW
333°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 3
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 3 · pk 20 @ 5:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 82SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the nnw.
Hillsboro, WV
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
934.8
-2.8 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 27.60 inHg
Now
934.8
mb
3h
-2.8
mb
12h
-3.6
mb
24h
-5.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 935940
930935940945-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW940.1934.5934.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Hillsboro, WV
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
-3 in 6h

AQI 47 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³ (AQI 50) with a 0.92 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 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
9.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
71μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34 now. With UV 0.1 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 6 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 6

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³ (AQI 50) with a 0.92 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.92
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Hillsboro, WV
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
44%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
35.3mi
UNLIMITED
79 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
00:37 UTC · Hillsboro, WV · 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
00:37 UTC · Hillsboro, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Hillsboro, WV
Satellite · infrared · animated
Hillsboro, WV
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Hillsboro, WV
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:32 AM
Sunrise
2:03 AM
Daylight
14h 44m
Sunset
4:47 PM
Civil dusk
9:19 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Hillsboro, WV
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:37 PM
Moonset
11:31 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Hillsboro, WV
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Hillsboro at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 5 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 24946

16-Day Forecast — Hillsboro

  1. Sat87°68°74%
  2. Sun84°64°29%
  3. Mon81°66°77%
  4. Tue83°64°47%
  5. Wed80°61°19%
  6. Thu87°59°26%
  7. Fri83°64°57%
  8. Sat75°62°51%
  9. Sun80°60°34%
  10. Mon83°56°26%
  11. Tue84°57°18%
  12. Wed79°56°45%
  13. Thu84°59°41%
  14. Fri82°61°68%
  15. Sat78°63°61%
  16. Sun82°65°50%

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 — Hillsboro

SPC has placed Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro

  • 24946

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.