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