Citizen station GW7016GW7016
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.0 mi away/484 ft/167 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Hartford is 61° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Hartford, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Roland (OK), 32 miles off.
Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.58 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Hartford, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Hartford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.6 miles away.
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Citizen station GW7016GW7016
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.0 mi away/484 ft/167 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/21.6 mi away/463 ft/188 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hwy 71 Y CityARD13
Beside a road/25.0 mi away/679 ft/28 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Petit Jean River near Booneville07258500
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.4 mi away/424 ft/227 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
AbbottABBA4
At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/660 ft/9 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Greenwood 2.2 WAR-SB-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.5 mi away/522 ft/129 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 21.6 mi from Hartford, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
67.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.
From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.
The full report of Fort Smith Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Abbott (ABBA4), 10.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.