Hillsboro, Iowa Weather
Hillsboro, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hillsboro, Henry County.
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About Hillsboro, Iowa
Hillsboro rests in the broad, soft cradle of southeast Iowa, where the land rolls with a quiet, persistent grace, like the slow exhale of a sleeping giant. It lies 38.5 miles east-south-east of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 109°T), and is situated 17.5 miles south-east of Fairfield. The fields here are generous, stretching wide under a sky that seems to hold its breath, a canvas of shifting blues and grays. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the scent of turned earth and ripening corn, a perfume that clings to the skin and whispers of abundance. The houses, mostly modest and weathered, gather in a loose cluster, their porches facing the quiet streets, each with its own patch of green, a small assertion of order against the vastness of the surrounding farmland. The trees, a mix of sturdy oaks and willows weeping by the infrequent ditches, offer shade and a sense of enduring presence. This is a place where the past is not a loud pronouncement but a murmur in the soil, a resonance of generations who worked this land. Hillsboro’s story is tied to the deep, fertile prairie that has always been its sustenance, a place where agriculture has been the unwavering heartbeat of the local economy. For years, the harvest dictated the pulse of life, the rhythm of planting and reaping shaping the days and the fortunes of the families who have called Hillsboro home. While the larger economic tides have shifted, the connection to the land remains, a bedrock of character. The grain elevators, silent sentinels against the horizon, still stand as monuments to a time when the bounty of these fields was the primary currency, and the community’s very existence was a testament to the enduring power of the earth.
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| Location | Hillsboro, Henry County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.836696°N, 91.71572°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52630 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hillsboro, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hillsboro, Iowa, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hillsboro includes coordinates 40.836696°N, 91.715720°W, situated in Henry County. ZIP code 52630. Telephone area code: 712. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
