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Weather in Hillsboro, Oregon

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Hillsboro, OR
Sunday, May 17 at 4:50 AM
48
°
Overcast
Feels like
44°
Humidity
78%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Sunset
8:36 PM
Hillsboro, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
54°
9p
54°
10p
53°
11p
52°
12a
49°
1a
47°
2a
45°
3a
43°
4a
42°
5a
41°
6a
43°
7a
46°
8a
52°
9a
53°
10a
54°
24%
11a
54°
22%
12p
55°
22%
1p
55°
22%
2p
54°
13%
3p
54°
16%
4p
55°
24%
5p
53°
26%
6p
52°
29%
7p
51°
52%
8p
L 41°H 55°
Hillsboro, OR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Drizzle
    45%
    55°45°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    64°39°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    69°45°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    68°47°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    72°44°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Clear
    80°48°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    77°49°
Hillsboro, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
323° · veering 98°
Direction
NW
323°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 7
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 7 · pk 21 @ 5:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 98° from the nw.
Hillsboro, OR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1018.6
+0.7 mb in 3h · steady · 30.08 inHg
Now
1018.6
mb
3h
+0.7
mb
12h
+1.3
mb
24h
+2.9
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161019
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Hillsboro, OR
Air quality
33
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
5.5 μg/m³
PM 10
8.2 μg/m³
NO₂
5.8 μg/m³
Ozone
56.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Hillsboro, OR
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
12:06 PM
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Daylight
14h 57m
Sunset
8:36 PM
Civil dusk
4:12 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Hillsboro, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
12:42 PM
Moonset
4:20 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Hillsboro, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks

plant
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Hillsboro at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 18°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
  • Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.

Right now in the garden

Cool-season window is open

As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).

ZIP codes in Hillsboro

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.