Jamestown, Kentucky Weather
Jamestown, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jamestown, Russell County.
Full aviation weather for Jamestown is published on the Russell County Airport (K24) page, 4 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: Wayne County Airport (KEKQ) 23 km · Columbia-Adair Co. Airport (KI96) 28 km · Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (KSME) 40 km · Taylor County Airport (KAAS) 47 km · Tompkinsville Monroe County Airport (KTZV) 60 km
Conditions reported at K24 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 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, Kentucky
Jamestown rests where Cumberland Lake’s deep blue arms embrace the rolling hills of Russell County, a place where the land itself seems to sigh with a quiet contentment. It lies 39.1 miles north-north-east of Monroe, TN (from Monroe, TN: bearing 15°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-south-east of Russell Springs. The terrain here is a study in gentle rises and falls, the kind that cradle small farms and encourage the slow meander of country roads. Sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, spills across the landscape with a honeyed warmth, catching the emerald shimmer of well-tended fields and the deeper, shadowed greens of the surrounding woodlands. Even the air feels different, carrying the faint, earthy perfume of damp soil and pine needles, a subtle reminder of the natural world’s persistent presence. The character of Jamestown is one of unpretentious resilience, a kind of steadfastness that feels as old as the stones beneath its feet. This corner of Kentucky carries the echoes of a past tied to agriculture and the enduring spirit of its people, a history that has shaped the very rhythm of life in Jamestown. While the lure of the lake now draws many, the land still speaks of its farming heritage, of crops coaxed from the soil and livestock tended with patient hands. The local economy, though diversified, still feels the pulse of that rural foundation, a quiet hum beneath the surface of modern commerce. The development of Cumberland Lake brought a new chapter, transforming a portion of the landscape into a vibrant recreational hub, a stark yet harmonious contrast to the more traditional aspects of Jamestown. It’s a place where the past and present coexist, not as separate entities, but as threads woven into the ongoing story of this particular patch of Kentucky.
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, Russell County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 36.98479°N, 85.06301°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42629 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jamestown, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jamestown, Kentucky, 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 36.984790°N, 85.063010°W, situated in Russell County. ZIP code 42629. Telephone area code: 270. 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.
