Jamestown, Indiana Weather
Jamestown, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jamestown, Elkhart County.
Full aviation weather for Jamestown is published on the Elkhart Municipal Airport (KEKM) page, 10 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 Jamestown 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 Jamestown: South Bend International Airport (KSBN) 26 km · Plymouth Municipal Airport (KC65) 38 km · Dowagiac Municipal Airport (KC91) 41 km · Andrews University Airpark (KC20) 45 km · Mentone Airport (KC92) 54 km
Conditions reported at KEKM describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jamestown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jamestown.
About Jamestown, Indiana
Jamestown exhales a quiet, agricultural breath, its landscape a patient quilt of cultivated fields and modest stands of oak and maple. It lies 4.0 miles south-west of Elkhart, IN (from Elkhart, IN: bearing 217°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east-south-east of Mishawaka. The earth here, a rich, dark loam, rolls with a gentle, unhurried swell, hinting at the slow, deep work of glaciers long departed. In the late afternoon, the sun, when it chooses to break through the often-clouded Indiana sky, casts long, amber shadows that stretch across the furrows, giving the land a momentary, burnished glow. The air, particularly after a rain, carries the clean, damp scent of turned soil and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a subtle testament to the enduring agricultural heart of Jamestown. This corner of Elkhart County has always been tied to the land, its history a narrative of agrarian ambition and quiet perseverance. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil, established farms that continue to shape Jamestown's character and its economy, the steady pulse of plows and harvesters a familiar soundtrack. While larger industries might pass it by, Jamestown thrives on the consistent yield of its fields, the local grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the bounty of the harvest. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist hubs here; instead, a quiet dignity pervades, a sense of a place that knows its own worth, rooted deeply in the soil it cultivates.
Live animated radar for Jamestown 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 | Jamestown, Elkhart County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 41.635604°N, 86.022779°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 46517, 46737, 46147 |
| Area Code | 574, 260 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jamestown, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jamestown, Indiana, 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 Jamestown includes coordinates 41.635604°N, 86.022779°W, situated in Elkhart County. ZIP code 46517, 46737, 46147. Telephone area code: 574, 260. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
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.
