Dorris, California Weather
Dorris, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dorris, Siskiyou County.
Full aviation weather for Dorris is published on the Butte Valley Airport (KA32) page, 10 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. 5 airfields within reach of Dorris 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 Dorris: Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport (KLMT) 26 km · Tulelake Municipal Airport (KO81) 47 km · Siskiyou County Airport (KSIY) 50 km · Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field (K1O5) 58 km
Conditions reported at KA32 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dorris specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dorris.
About Dorris, California
Dorris lies cradled by the broad, sweeping plains that mark the northern edge of the Sacramento Valley, a landscape etched with the patient work of agriculture. It lies 55.0 miles east-south-east of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 117°T), and is situated 19.1 miles south-south-west of Klamath Falls. Here, the sky feels immense, a vast, ever-shifting canvas of blue and white, stretching to meet the low, rounded shoulders of the surrounding hills. The air, when it’s not carrying the scent of freshly turned earth or ripening grain, often holds a crispness, a hint of the higher elevations beyond, and the sun, particularly in the late afternoon, casts a warm, golden hue across the open fields, lending a quiet luminescence to the scene. The very character of Dorris seems to be one of patient endurance, of roots sunk deep into fertile ground, a place where the land dictates the rhythm of life. The history of Dorris is intrinsically tied to the railroad and the rich agricultural potential of the land it settled. Once a vital stop for those traveling north, the town’s economy has long been sustained by the bounty of its surroundings, with crops like wheat, barley, and alfalfa flourishing under the valley sun. Evidence of this industrious past can still be seen in the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the horizon, and in the quiet hum of machinery during harvest season. Though the pace of life in Dorris is generally unhurried, there’s a palpable sense of community, a shared understanding born from generations of working the land and weathering the seasons together, a quiet strength that underpins the town’s distinctive character.
Live animated radar for Dorris 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 | Dorris, Siskiyou County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.96737°N, 121.91806°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96023 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dorris, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dorris, California, 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 Dorris includes coordinates 41.967370°N, 121.918060°W, situated in Siskiyou County. ZIP code 96023. Telephone area code: 530. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
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.
