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Hillsboro, Mississippi

Community in Scott County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Hillsboro

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 40 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hillsboro

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Hillsboro, MississippiReflectivityStorm 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 9.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Newton 5 ENE63831

At a climate reference station/26.4 mi away/374 ft/59 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank333of 459

PhiladelphiaMPE

At an airfield/32.4 mi away/449 ft/16 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank350of 459

measured daily2 instruments

Walnut Grove CoopWLTM6

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/387 ft/46 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Walnut Grove 7.3 EMS-LK-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.7 mi away/452 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Philadelphia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 32.4 mi from Hillsboro, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Philadelphia: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPEFIG. B THE AIR AT PHILADELPHIATHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.4 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEPhiladelphia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Philadelphia, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPEFIG. C THE WIND AT PHILADELPHIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPhiladelphia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 449 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.44 inHg and the temperature at 57.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.09 inHg means its barometer reads 29.60 inHg; it reports 62.6 F, 5.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Philadelphia stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 449 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.44 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.09 and the station pressure it means, 29.60.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPEFIG. D WHERE PHILADELPHIA STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPHILADELPHIA2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT449 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.44 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.09 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.60 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED62.6 FTITLEPhiladelphia, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Philadelphia, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Mississippi

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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