Hartley, Texas Weather
Hartley, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hartley, Hartley County.
Full aviation weather for Hartley is published on the Dalhart Municipal Airport (KDHT) page, 20 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. 3 airfields within reach of Hartley 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 Hartley: Moore County Airport (KDUX) 35 km · Stratford Field (KH70) 60 km
Conditions reported at KDHT describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hartley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hartley.
About Hartley, Texas
Hartley rests on a vast, sweeping plain, where the horizon seems to unfurl endlessly under a sky that can shift from the crisp blue of mid-morning to the bruised purples of an approaching storm with startling speed. It lies 55.8 miles north-west of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 325°T), and is situated 13.7 miles south-south-east of Dalhart. The landscape here is one of subtle contours, a gentle rise and fall of land that has been shaped by wind and sun more than by any dramatic geological force. Sparse, hardy grasses, bleached to shades of straw and ochre by the relentless Texas sun, cling to the earth, their roots anchoring them against the prevailing breezes. Occasionally, a mesquite tree, its branches gnarled and reaching like weathered hands, offers a solitary silhouette against the immensity of the sky, its shadow a brief, welcome respite from the pervasive light. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers of the plains, sometimes spin across the open fields, their fleeting forms a reminder of the constant, elemental forces at play in Hartley's wide-open spaces. The story of Hartley is one etched in the resilience of those who sought a life on this formidable prairie. It emerged as a stop along the railroad, a point of access for settlers drawn by the promise of land and opportunity. The local economy, then and now, is intrinsically tied to the earth, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence. Vast fields of grain, particularly wheat and sorghum, stretch out like a golden carpet when ripe, their bounty a testament to the labor and perseverance required to coax sustenance from this often-challenging soil. The rhythm of life in Hartley is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, a steady, unhurried pace that reflects the enduring spirit of its inhabitants. You might see a lone pickup truck kicking up a plume of dust on a distant county road, a small, familiar punctuation mark against the vast, quiet canvas of the Texan plains.
Live animated radar for Hartley 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 | Hartley, Hartley County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 35.885593°N, 102.39686°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79044 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hartley, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hartley, Texas, 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 Hartley includes coordinates 35.885593°N, 102.396860°W, situated in Hartley County. ZIP code 79044. Telephone area code: 806. 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.
