Medora, Illinois Weather
Medora, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Medora, Macoupin County.
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About Medora, Illinois
Medora rests in a quiet corner of Macoupin County, where the land begins to shed its flat prairie skin for something more sculpted. It lies 19.7 miles north of Alton, IL (from Alton, IL: bearing 6°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north of Brighton. Here, the gentle swells of Southern Illinois begin to assert themselves, a subtle rise and fall that cradles fields of corn and soybeans, their emerald and gold hues catching the wide, indifferent sky. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a damp, earthy scent, a testament to the fertile soil and the frequent, soft rains that nourish it. A thin thread of creek, a whisper of water, meanders through the landscape, its banks often fringed with a resilient scrub and the skeletal remains of long-vanished trees, adding a touch of wildness to the cultivated expanse. The character of Medora is one of quiet persistence, a place where the land dictates the pace, and the sky offers a vast, unblinking horizon. The history of Medora is bound to the rich veins of coal that once pulsed beneath this ground, a legacy that shaped its early economy and the lives of its people. Though the deepest seams have long been exhausted, the echoes of that industrial past linger in the stoic faces of its residents and in the very texture of the earth. Life here now flows at a more agrarian rhythm, with the bounty of the surrounding farms providing sustenance and a steady, if modest, prosperity. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions in Medora; its distinction lies in its unassuming authenticity, a place where the days unfold with a predictable grace, marked by the passing of seasons and the enduring strength of community. The evenings often bring a profound stillness, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the lowing of cattle, as the sun dips below the horizon, painting the sky with hues of bruised purple and fading orange.
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| Location | Medora, Macoupin County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.174491°N, 90.143165°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62063 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Medora, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Medora, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Medora includes coordinates 39.174491°N, 90.143165°W, situated in Macoupin County. ZIP code 62063. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
