Hillsborough, NC Weather Forecast
Orange County, North Carolina
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, NC at a glance
Hillsborough is home to about 9,757 people in Orange County, across 5.7 square miles. It ranks 92nd by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Mebane, 10 miles away.
- County
- Orange County
- Population
- 9,757 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,700
- Forecast point
- 36.0779°N, 79.0980°W
How well can the network see Hillsborough?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,000 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 50% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KTQV (Durham/Duke Child Hosp). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Hillsborough
- Mebane, NC10 mi
- Carrboro, NC10 mi
- Chapel Hill, NC11 mi
- Durham, NC13 mi
- Green Level, NC14 mi
- Swepsonville, NC15 mi
- Graham, NC16 mi
- Butner, NC20 mi
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