Hartford, Kentucky Weather
Hartford, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hartford, Ohio County.
Full aviation weather for Hartford is published on the Ohio County Airport (KJQD) page, 5 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Hartford have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Hartford: Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) 33 km · Owensboro Daviess County Airport (KOWB) 39 km · Breckinridge County Airport (KI93) 55 km · Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field (KKY8) 56 km · Grayson County Airport (KM20) 58 km
Conditions reported at KJQD describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hartford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hartford.
About Hartford, Kentucky
Hartford, Kentucky, unfolds across rolling hills that cradle a landscape painted in the muted greens of pasture and the deeper, shadowed hues of distant woodlands. It lies 25.0 miles south-south-east of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 153°T), and is situated 3.9 miles north-north-west of Beaver Dam. The land here breathes with a gentle, yielding nature, its contours softened by the slow, persistent work of rain and time. Sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, spills across these slopes with a honeyed warmth, catching the dust motes dancing above unpaved driveways and lending a fleeting, ethereal glow to the weathered barns that dot the countryside. The air itself carries the faint, sweet scent of freshly mown hay, mingling with the earthier perfume of damp soil, a subtle testament to the agricultural heart that beats beneath Hartford's quiet exterior. The lifeblood of Hartford has long been tied to the fertile earth and the resources it yields, a legacy whispered in the names of its founding families and the enduring strength of its agricultural roots. For generations, this corner of Ohio County has been a place where tobacco fields and cattle ranches shaped the economy and the very character of its people. While the scent of curing tobacco might not hang as heavily as it once did, the spirit of self-reliance and the deep connection to the land persist, evident in the careful upkeep of the farms and the quiet pride of those who call Hartford home. The town itself, a collection of modest buildings along its main thoroughfare, offers a glimpse into a community that values connection and a slower, more deliberate pace of life, where the echoes of its past are carried on the breeze that rustles through the sycamore trees lining the creek beds.
Live animated radar for Hartford and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.451159°N, 86.90916°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42347 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hartford, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hartford, Kentucky, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 37.451159°N, 86.909160°W, situated in Ohio County. ZIP code 42347. Telephone area code: 270. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. 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.
