Donnellson, Iowa Weather
Donnellson, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Donnellson, Lee County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
