Dorsey, Illinois Weather
Dorsey, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dorsey, Madison County.
Full aviation weather for Dorsey is published on the St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 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 Dorsey 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 Dorsey: St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 37 km · St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 40 km · St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) 47 km · Creve Coeur Airport (K1H0) 52 km
Conditions reported at KALN describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dorsey specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dorsey.
About Dorsey, Illinois
Dorsey sprawls with a quiet dignity across the rolling terrain of Madison County, a place where the wide Illinois sky seems to press down with a gentle, insistent weight. It lies 11.4 miles east-north-east of Alton, IL (from Alton, IL: bearing 60°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-north-east of Wood River. Fields of corn and soybeans, rippling like a green and gold sea under the persistent sun, stretch to the horizon, punctuated by clusters of sturdy oaks and maples that offer pockets of deep shade. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening grain and the earthy musk of damp soil, a perfume that clings to the senses long after you've passed through. Houses, many with broad porches perfect for watching the slow drift of clouds, are spaced generously, their weathered siding speaking of seasons weathered and lives lived with a steady, unpretentious rhythm. The history of Dorsey is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots and the resilience of its people. For generations, this land has been worked, yielding its bounty to farmers who understood the subtle language of the seasons and the soil. The local economy, while not booming, remains anchored by this deep connection to the land, with small businesses catering to the needs of the surrounding farms and families. You can still feel the echoes of a simpler time in the way neighbors greet each other, a shared understanding born of shared experiences, and in the way the evening light, when it softens and bleeds across the fields, seems to hold a particular, almost melancholic beauty over Dorsey.
Live animated radar for Dorsey 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 | Dorsey, Madison County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.973657°N, 90.001493°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62021 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dorsey, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dorsey, 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 Dorsey includes coordinates 38.973657°N, 90.001493°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 62021. Telephone area code: 309. 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.
