Hartford, Illinois Weather
Hartford, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hartford, Madison County.
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About Hartford, Illinois
Hartford rests low, a broad expanse where the Mississippi River's influence is a constant, humid breath upon the land. It lies 6.2 miles south-east of Alton, IL (from Alton, IL: bearing 130°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-north-east of Granite City. The terrain here is a gentle slope, a yielding to the great waterway, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled green velvet under a sky that often presses down with a weighty, bruised-plum color at dusk. The air itself carries a damp, earthy scent, mingled with the fainter, metallic tang of industry that clings to the edges of this place, a quiet testament to the work that has always been done here. The houses, many of them modest and weathered, seem to hunker down against the elements, their porches offering a glimpse of lives lived at a slower, more deliberate pace, where the Mississippi's slow, brown current dictates a certain stillness. This particular stretch of Madison County has long been shaped by the confluence of water and industry, its history etched not in grand monuments but in the steady labor of its people. For generations, the river has been both highway and livelihood, and the echoes of its steamboat past, though faded, still whisper on the breeze. The local economy, once deeply entwined with coal mining and manufacturing, now finds its footing in a more diversified landscape, with agricultural pursuits still holding a significant place. The very soil, enriched by the river's silt, supports a resilience that defines Hartford, a quiet persistence that has seen it through booms and busts, its character forged in the enduring embrace of the mighty Mississippi.
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| Location | Hartford, Madison County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.833382°N, 90.09594°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62946, 62087 |
| Area Code | 618, 309 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hartford, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hartford, Illinois, 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 38.833382°N, 90.095940°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 62946, 62087. Telephone area code: 618, 309. 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.
