Harford, New York — 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 Harford, Cortland County.
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Harford exhales a quiet agrarian scent, a blend of damp earth and the ghost of summer hay, settling over rolling hills that cradle its modest settlement. It lies 13.8 miles east of Ithaca, NY (from Ithaca, NY: bearing 94°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-south-west of Virgil. The land here is a patient sculptor, its contours softened by seasons of rain and snow, a generous quilt of fields stitched with the darker threads of woodlots. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-present cloud cover, lays a pale, almost ethereal wash across the landscape, illuminating the patient geometry of farmsteads and the serpentine grace of narrow country roads. The air itself often carries a certain crispness, even in summer, a reminder of the northerly latitude, and the distant murmur of wind through the pines can be the loudest sound for miles. The history of Harford is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of the families who have worked this soil for generations, their lives intertwined with the land’s generous, and sometimes stingy, offerings. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground, established a community built on hard work and self-reliance, their legacy evident in the sturdy, unpretentious farmhouses that still dot the countryside. The local economy, then and now, remains deeply rooted in agriculture, with dairy farms and fields of corn and hay defining the visual character of the region. While other industries have come and gone in the wider county, Harford has held fast to its agricultural heart, a quiet testament to the resilience of its people and the enduring appeal of this particular stretch of New York's rolling countryside.
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| Location | Harford, Cortland County, New York |
| Coordinates | 42.426184°N, 76.226598°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 13784 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harford, New York, 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 Harford includes coordinates 42.426184°N, 76.226598°W, situated in Cortland County. ZIP code 13784. Telephone area code: 607. 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.