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Hillsboro, Ohio

City in Highland County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Hillsboro

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Cincinnati (OH), 49 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hillsboro

None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Hillsboro, OhioReflectivityStorm 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 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WilmingtonILN

At an airfield/18.6 mi away/1,056 ft/26 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 1,590

AmeliaAMEO1

At a river or reservoir gauge/34.8 mi away/877 ft/205 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,093of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

HillsboroHILO1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,086 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Hillsboro 0.7 SWOH-HG-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,092 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wilmington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.6 mi from Hillsboro, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:29 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Wilmington, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ILNFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILMINGTONSECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEWilmington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ILNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ILN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Wilmington: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ILNFIG. B THE AIR AT WILMINGTONTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEWilmington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ILNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ILN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wilmington, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, 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 ILNFIG. C THE WIND AT WILMINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWilmington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ILNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ILN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Ohio

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