Donalds, South Carolina Weather
Donalds, South Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Donalds, Abbeville County.
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About Donalds, South Carolina
Donalds breathes the humid, verdant air of the Piedmont foothills. It lies 19.3 miles east-south-east of Anderson, SC (from Anderson, SC: bearing 117°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-south-east of Honea Path. The land around Donalds rolls with a gentle, persistent undulation, a landscape sculpted by centuries of sun and rain, where dense stands of pine and oak give way to open fields stitched with the golden hues of ripening corn and the deep green of pasture. The sky here often hangs a vast, bruised purple at dusk, a painterly canvas that bleeds into the horizon, and the air itself carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of sun-baked soil and the sweet decay of fallen leaves. Roads, like veins on a patient hand, meander through this terrain, connecting scattered farmsteads and the modest cluster of homes that comprise Donalds. The history of Donalds is deeply entwined with the rich, red earth and the cotton that once defined its economy. For generations, this land was a tapestry of fields, where labor was as much a part of the soil as the seeds sown. While the dominance of cotton has waned, agriculture still provides a vital pulse, with cattle grazing on the rolling hills and diversified crops occupying the fertile valleys. A quiet resilience characterizes the people of Donalds, a pragmatism born from the cyclical nature of farming and the enduring spirit of a community that has weathered economic shifts and societal changes. The rhythm of life here is measured not by the frantic tick of a clock, but by the arc of the sun and the gentle sigh of the wind through the pine needles, a constant reminder of the enduring connection to the land.
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| Location | Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.377059°N, 82.347345°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29638 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Donalds, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Donalds, South Carolina, 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 Donalds includes coordinates 34.377059°N, 82.347345°W, situated in Abbeville County. ZIP code 29638. Telephone area code: 864. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
