Dallas City, Illinois Weather
Dallas City, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dallas City, Hancock County.
Full aviation weather for Dallas City is published on the Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) page, 14 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 Dallas City 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 Dallas City: Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) 17 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 30 km · Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) 45 km · Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 45 km · Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 51 km
Conditions reported at KFSW describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dallas City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dallas City.
About Dallas City, Illinois
Dallas City rests where the land begins its gentle surrender to the Mississippi River. It lies 46.9 miles west-south-west of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 243°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east of Fort Madison. The terrain here is a soft, rolling expanse, punctuated by the occasional bold rise of a bluff, its slopes often cloaked in verdant forests that whisper with the changing seasons. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled blankets under the vast, open sky, their colors shifting from the deep emerald of high summer to the burnished gold of autumn. The air itself carries a certain weight, a blend of damp earth, ripening crops, and the distant, ever-present murmur of the great river, a constant companion that shapes the very character of Dallas City. This place has long been shaped by the Mississippi, a watery highway that brought early settlers and the promise of trade to Dallas City. The fertile bottomlands, carved by millennia of floods and currents, have sustained generations of farmers, their livelihoods tied to the rhythm of the soil and the unpredictable generosity of the river. While agriculture remains a cornerstone, the echoes of a past industry, perhaps related to the river's bounty or the timber that once graced these bluffs, can still be felt in the quiet strength of the community. Local traditions, passed down through families, often revolve around the river's influence, from fishing festivals to the simple, profound appreciation for the broad, sweeping views that only this particular stretch of the Mississippi can offer.
Live animated radar for Dallas City 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.
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| Location | Dallas City, Hancock County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.636153°N, 91.167368°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62330 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dallas City, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dallas City, Illinois, 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 Dallas City includes coordinates 40.636153°N, 91.167368°W, situated in Hancock County. ZIP code 62330. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
