Hartford, Arkansas Weather
Hartford, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hartford, Sebastian County.
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About Hartford, Arkansas
Hartford sits in a gentle hollow where the land begins to roll more seriously, hinting at the Ouachita foothills to the south. It lies 25.1 miles south of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 178°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west-south-west of Mansfield. The sky here seems expansive, a vast canvas that shifts from the pearly grey of morning to the deep, bruised indigo of dusk, a light that softens the edges of the scattered houses and the broad, flat fields of hay and pasture. Creek beds, dry for much of the year, trace sinuous paths through the landscape, their beds of smooth, grey stones catching the sun. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the scent of damp earth and the sweet, faint perfume of wild honeysuckle clinging to the fences. It’s a place where the quiet hum of cicadas is often the loudest sound, and the distant rumble of a passing truck on the highway feels like an intrusion. The history of Hartford is tied to the earth, to the coal that once defined its existence and the agricultural endeavors that persist. For decades, the rhythmic clang of mining equipment echoed through the valleys, a sound now largely relegated to memory and the weathered facades of older buildings. The local economy, while diversified, still carries the imprint of those hardworking days, with a steady reliance on farming and a scattering of small businesses that serve the immediate needs of its residents. The land itself, shaped by both human hands and the slow work of water, holds stories of generations who worked its surface, their lives intertwined with the cycles of planting and harvest.
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| Location | Hartford, Sebastian County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.022876°N, 94.381328°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72938 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hartford, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hartford, Arkansas, 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 Hartford includes coordinates 35.022876°N, 94.381328°W, situated in Sebastian County. ZIP code 72938. Telephone area code: 479. 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.
