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Hillsboro, Texas

City in Hill County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Hillsboro

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 31 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good24.8 mi
  • Ozone33Good31 ppb18.6 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hillsboro

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Hillsboro, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Hillsboro, TexasReflectivityStorm 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 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HillsboroINJ

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/686 ft/63 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank621of 4,689

RieselS2199

At a soil climate station/39.2 mi away/539 ft/84 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,798of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

HillsboroHBOT2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/614 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank282of 4,689

Hillsboro 4.9 SSWTX-HLL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/606 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hillsboro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Hillsboro, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,100 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hillsboro, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT INJFIG. A THE SKY OVER HILLSBOROSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHillsboro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS INJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

74.3 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Hillsboro: temperature 74.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT INJFIG. B THE AIR AT HILLSBOROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,100 FTTEMPERATURE 74.3 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 13.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLEHillsboro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS INJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hillsboro, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 12 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 INJFIG. C THE WIND AT HILLSBOROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHillsboro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS INJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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