Donnellson, Iowa Weather
Donnellson, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Donnellson, Lee County.
Full aviation weather for Donnellson is published on the Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) page, 20 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 Donnellson 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 Donnellson: Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 23 km · Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 27 km · Keosauqua Municipal Airport (K6K9) 34 km · Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) 34 km · Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) 40 km
Conditions reported at KFSW describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Donnellson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Donnellson.
About Donnellson, Iowa
Donnellson breathes the quiet expanse of southeastern Iowa, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath under a wide, generous sky. It lies 49.5 miles north of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 351°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-west of West Point. The terrain here is a study in gentle slopes and broad, fertile plains, the kind that have been shaped by millennia of wind and water, leading the eye outwards towards horizons that seem to stretch into forever. Fields of corn and soybeans, a rich, earthy green or a golden, sun-baked amber depending on the season, quilt the landscape, their straight, ordered lines a subtle counterpoint to the more organic contours of the land. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the call of a hawk circling high above, and the light, as it begins to slant, casts long, soft shadows that lend a painterly quality to the everyday scene. The history of Donnellson is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of agriculture and the quiet industry that has sustained it. This is a place built on the land's bounty, where generations have worked the soil, a legacy that continues to define its local economy. The railroad, an iron artery once vital, still whispers of bygone journeys and the flow of goods, its presence a reminder of how this community connected to the wider world. While the pace of life in Donnellson remains unhurried, a deep-rooted sense of place endures, a quiet pride in its heritage and the simple, honest rhythm of its days, where the collective memory of hard work and community spirit is as palpable as the fertile earth beneath one's feet.
Live animated radar for Donnellson 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 | Donnellson, Lee County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.642815°N, 91.564603°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52625 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Donnellson, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Donnellson, Iowa, 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 Donnellson includes coordinates 40.642815°N, 91.564603°W, situated in Lee County. ZIP code 52625. Telephone area code: 712. 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.
