Hillsboro, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Hillsboro, King and Queen County.
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Hillsboro lies in a landscape gently bowed by the Tidewater's embrace, where the earth exhales the scent of pine and damp soil. It lies 22.5 miles east-north-east of Mechanicsville, VA (from Mechanicsville, VA: bearing 72°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east-south-east of Central Garage. The terrain, a tapestry of low-lying fields and meandering woodlands, hints at the slow, persistent work of water over millennia. Here, the sky often hangs a soft, diffused grey, or, at sunset, bleeds into hues of bruised plum and fading rose, casting long, attenuated shadows from the stoic, weathered oaks. The air itself seems to carry a certain stillness, a quietude broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the sudden, startling cry of a heron from the reedy edges of a nearby marsh. This is a place where the land dictates the pace, and the rhythm of the seasons is felt as keenly as the breeze through the tall grasses. The history of Hillsboro is as deep and layered as the rich alluvial soil that sustains its agricultural heart. Once a vital nexus in the county's agrarian economy, the land here still yields crops that have sustained generations, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of those who have worked this ground. The echoes of a past tied to tobacco and timber can be felt in the very stillness of the air, a subtle reminder of the labor and lives that have shaped this corner of King and Queen County. While modernization has touched the edges, the core character of Hillsboro remains rooted in its connection to the land, a place where the local economy still draws strength from the earth and the quiet hum of everyday life is a melody played out against a backdrop of enduring natural beauty.
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| Location | Hillsboro, King and Queen County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.710142°N, 76.982746°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23177, 20132 |
| Area Code | 804, 571, 703 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hillsboro, Virginia, 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 37.710142°N, 76.982746°W, situated in King and Queen County. ZIP code 23177, 20132. Telephone area code: 804, 571, 703. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.