Jamestown, California Weather
Jamestown, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jamestown, Tuolumne County.
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About Jamestown, California
Jamestown sits in a fold of the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the landscape transitions from the drier scrub of the lower elevations to the richer green of pine and oak. It lies 31.8 miles east-north-east of Riverbank, CA (from Riverbank, CA: bearing 62°T), and is situated 3.1 miles south-west of Sonora. The air here carries the scent of sun-baked earth and resinous trees, a dry, clean fragrance that shifts subtly with the passing hours. The terrain is a jumble of rounded hills and steeper ravines, crisscrossed by ephemeral creeks that swell with winter rains and shrink to dusty beds by late summer. Around the edges of Jamestown, the land rises towards the higher peaks, a constant, silent backdrop that dictates the pace of life and the very shape of the sky. This place has always been about what can be wrested from the earth. Prospectors first came in droves, drawn by the glint of gold in the gravel bars of the nearby Stanislaus River. Though the feverish rush of the mid-1800s has long since subsided, the legacy of that era is etched into the very character of Jamestown. Old mining structures, weathered and skeletal, still dot the hillsides, a quiet testament to fortunes sought and often lost. Today, the economy is a more varied affair, with tourism playing a significant role, drawing visitors to explore the historic Main Street, a charming collection of buildings that echo the town's past. Local craftspeople and small businesses thrive, their livelihoods tied to the enduring appeal of this foothill haven, a place where the light at dusk seems to linger, painting the worn facades of buildings in hues of amber and rose.
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| Location | Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.953258°N, 120.422695°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95327, 95370 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jamestown, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jamestown, California, 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 Jamestown includes coordinates 37.953258°N, 120.422695°W, situated in Tuolumne County. ZIP code 95327, 95370. Telephone area code: 408, 669. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
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.
