Storm Station
Hillsborough, North Carolina
60°
Clear· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 5 mph NNW
Sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
83%Humidity
0%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hillsborough, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Durham 11 W03758

At a climate reference station/6.3 mi away/562 ft/47 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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Durham - Duke North HeliportTQV

At an airfield/10.1 mi away/394 ft/215 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank64of 915

measured daily2 instruments

Hillsborough 1.5 SNC-OR-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/634 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Carrboro ObserverCAEN7

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/502 ft/107 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Durham - Duke North Heliport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.1 mi from Hillsborough. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:50 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Durham - Duke North Heliport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. A THE SKY OVER DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TQV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Durham - Duke North Heliport: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. B THE AIR AT DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.3 FTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 POINTTITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TQV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Durham - Duke North Heliport, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. C THE WIND AT DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TQV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Durham - Duke North Heliport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Hillsborough

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