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Hillsboro, Maryland

Town in Caroline County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Hillsboro

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Lower Eastern Shore (MD), 16 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good21.1 mi
  • Ozone18Good11 ppb21.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hillsboro

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hillsboro, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Hillsboro, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hillsboro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Tuckahoe RAWSTUKM2

A remote fire weather station/2.3 mi away/46 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank318of 736

EastonESN

At an airfield/10.4 mi away/72 ft/24 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank521of 736

measured daily2 instruments

Queen Anne 0.1 NWMD-QA-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/37 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Queenstown 3SQNSM2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/10 ft/38 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank353of 736

Station report

The weather at Easton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.4 mi from Hillsboro, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:45 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Easton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESNFIG. A THE SKY OVER EASTONSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONOVC 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEEaston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ESNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Easton: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESNFIG. B THE AIR AT EASTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEEaston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Easton, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESNFIG. C THE WIND AT EASTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEaston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Easton, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Maryland

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Hillsboro

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Hillsboro

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