Jamestown, Kansas Weather
Jamestown, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jamestown, Cloud County.
Full aviation weather for Jamestown is published on the Blosser Municipal Airport (KCNK) page, 19 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: Moritz Memorial Airport (KK61) 27 km · Belleville Municipal Airport (KRPB) 30 km · Mankato Airport (KTKO) 38 km · Superior Municipal Airport (K12K) 52 km · Minneapolis City County Airport (K45K) 57 km
Conditions reported at KCNK describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 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, Kansas
Jamestown rests on the broad, verdant canvas of Cloud County, Kansas, where the land unfurls in gentle, sweeping rises toward horizons that seem to stretch into infinity. It lies 54.1 miles north-north-west of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 346°T), and is situated 10.8 miles west of Concordia. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a subtle, dry fragrance of sun-baked prairie grass and distant, newly tilled earth, a scent that clings to the very fabric of the place. Scattered farmsteads dot the landscape, their silos like weathered sentinels against the immense, ever-present sky, and the distant murmur of agricultural machinery sometimes drifts on the breeze, a low thrumming testament to the ongoing cultivation of this fertile ground. The country roads, often a pale ribbon of gravel or cracked asphalt, meander with a quiet purpose, connecting scattered homes and fields under a light that can shift from a pale, luminous gold in the morning to a deep, burnished copper as the sun begins its slow descent. The history of Jamestown is intrinsically tied to the agricultural pulse of the region, a story of hardy settlers drawn to the rich soil and the promise of sustenance. Early on, the Kansas Central Railway played a pivotal role, its tracks a lifeline that spurred growth and connected Jamestown to wider markets, fostering a local economy built primarily on grain and livestock. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring character of Jamestown is evident in the modest, well-maintained homes and the quiet resilience of its people, who continue to draw their livelihood from the land. The nearby Republic River, a silver thread winding through the landscape, has long been a source of life and a silent witness to the generations who have called this part of Kansas home, its banks offering a cool respite from the summer heat and a quiet place for contemplation.
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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Jamestown, Cloud County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.59945°N, 97.861154°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66948 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jamestown, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jamestown, Kansas, 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 39.599450°N, 97.861154°W, situated in Cloud County. ZIP code 66948. Telephone area code: 913. 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.
