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Portland Hillsboro Airport, Oregon

Medium airport in Washington County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Portland Hillsboro Airport

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hillsboro (OR), 1 mile off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good1.3 mi
  • Ozone-36 ppb13.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2 ppb13.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb17.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm13.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Portland Hillsboro Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Portland Hillsboro Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
HIO
ICAO
KHIO
IATA
HIO
Field elevation
208 ft
Serves
Portland
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
HIO
Wind now
From 80° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
02 / 203,820 ft75 ftAsphalt42° / 222°5 mph head, on 024 mph from the right
13L / 31R3,600 ft60 ftAsphalt144° / 324°3 mph head, on 13L5 mph from the left
13R / 31L6,600 ft150 ftAsphalt142° / 322°3 mph head, on 13R5 mph from the left
022013R31L2,000 ftN80° 6 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Portland/Hillsboro (HIO), Portland Hillsboro Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

72 F at 8 PM; 80 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 43 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
72F
8 PM
Highest
80F
2 PM
Lowest
43F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Portland/Hillsboro, temperature from 42.8 to 80.0, the latest 72.0; dew point from 35.0 to 50.0, the latest 35.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 35 F, the air 26% saturated; the humidity ran from 25% at 5 PM to 100% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
35F
8 PM
Humidity now
26%
Humidity, range
25 to 100%
Relative humidity at Portland/Hillsboro, relative humidity from 25 to 100, the latest 26, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

9 mph from the east northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 25 mph at 11 AM.

Now
9mph
from the east northeast
Strongest
15mph
12 PM
Highest gust
25mph
11 AM
Wind and Gust at Portland/Hillsboro, wind from 0 to 15, the latest 9; gust from 16 to 25, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Portland/Hillsboro, wind direction from 70 to 340, the latest 70, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.22 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.22inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.08inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Portland/Hillsboro, pressure, altimeter from 30.21 to 30.34, the latest 30.22, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.2030.2530.3030.35Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
6 AM
Hours under a mile
3
Visibility at Portland/Hillsboro, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
3 AM
Hours with a base reported
5
Lowest cloud base at Portland/Hillsboro, lowest cloud base from 100 to 100, the latest 100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft9999.5100100.5101Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Portland/Hillsboro: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Portland Hillsboro Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Portland/HillsboroHIO

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/203 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Brkwood EvrgnWCRBE

Beside a road/1.4 mi away/207 ft/1 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Tualatin R AT GastonGASO3

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.8 mi away/184 ft/24 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Hillsboro 0.9 WNWOR-WS-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/197 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Nature Park-BeavertonNPBO3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/192 ft/16 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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