Donaldson, Minnesota Weather
Donaldson, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Donaldson, Kittson County.
Full aviation weather for Donaldson is published on the Hallock Municipal Airport (KHCO) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Donaldson 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 Donaldson: Hutson Field (KGAF) 40 km · Minto Municipal Airport (KD06) 48 km · Pembina Municipal Airport (KPMB) 48 km · Cavalier Municipal Airport (K2C8) 59 km
Conditions reported at KHCO describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Donaldson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Donaldson.
About Donaldson, Minnesota
Donaldson rests on the cusp of the Red River Valley, a place where the land stretches out in vast, fertile plains under an immense sky. It lies 45.1 miles north of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 8°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north of Stephen. Here, the horizon is a clean, sharp line, broken only by the distant silhouettes of farm buildings and the occasional windbreak of poplar trees. The air itself carries a certain stillness, a quiet hum of growing things and the immense, patient breathing of the earth. In the summer, the sun can bake the rich soil to a deep, almost black hue, and the light at dusk often settles in a soft, honeyed glow that seems to linger for hours. The landscape is one of gentle, sweeping contours, not dramatic, but possessing a profound, understated beauty that speaks of the deep, slow work of water and wind over millennia. The story of Donaldson is written in the wheat fields and the slow, deliberate pace of its agricultural heart. This is a place shaped by the plow and the season, where life has long been tied to the bounty of the land. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich soil, carved out a life here, their hopes and labor yielding the crops that still form the backbone of the local economy. While the world outside may rush and churn, Donaldson holds to its own rhythm, a steady pulse dictated by planting and harvest. The absence of grand monuments or bustling industries allows the character of the place to shine through in its quiet resilience and the enduring spirit of its people, who understand the profound value of a clear sky and the deep, dark earth beneath their feet.
Live animated radar for Donaldson 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 | Donaldson, Kittson County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 48.572202°N, 96.896449°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56720 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Donaldson, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Donaldson, Minnesota, 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 Donaldson includes coordinates 48.572202°N, 96.896449°W, situated in Kittson County. ZIP code 56720. Telephone area code: 320. 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.
