Hillsborough, NJ Weather Forecast
Somerset County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Hillsborough, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Hillsborough, NJ at a glance
Hillsborough is home to about 44,135 people in Somerset County, across 55 square miles. It ranks 51st by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Branchburg, 5 miles away.
- County
- Somerset County
- Population
- 44,135 2023 est.
- Land area
- 55 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 808
- Forecast point
- 40.4977°N, 74.6705°W
How well can the network see Hillsborough?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,700 ft above Hillsborough. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Hillsborough is closer to its radar than 55% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSMQ (Somerville/Somerset Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Hillsborough
- Branchburg, NJ5 mi
- Montgomery, NJ5 mi
- Manville, NJ5 mi
- Raritan, NJ5 mi
- Somerville, NJ6 mi
- Franklin, NJ6 mi
- Bridgewater, NJ7 mi
- Readington, NJ8 mi
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