Jonestown, Mississippi Weather
Jonestown, Mississippi — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Jonestown, Alcorn County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Jonestown. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Jonestown is published on the Roscoe Turner Airport (KCRX) page, 8 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 Jonestown 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 Jonestown: Booneville-Baldwyn Airport (K8M1) 31 km · Ripley Airport (K25M) 36 km · Robert Sibley Airport (KSZY) 40 km · Iuka Airport (K15M) 47 km · New Albany Union County Airport (KM72) 48 km
Conditions reported at KCRX describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jonestown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jonestown.
About Jonestown, Mississippi
Jonestown lies in a landscape of gentle slopes, where the soil, a rich, dark earth, yields readily to the plow. It lies 26.4 miles south-east of Hardeman, TN (from Hardeman, TN: bearing 131°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west-south-west of Corinth. Here, the sky stretches wide, a canvas of cerulean in the day and a velvet cloak pricked with stars at night, its vastness amplified by the surrounding fields. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the damp scent of dew-kissed grass and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle that clings to weathered fences. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, punctuate the horizon, offering shade to the occasional farmhouse and the winding country roads. The history of Jonestown is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet diligence of its people, whose lives have long been tied to the rhythms of agriculture. For generations, cotton and corn have been the lifeblood of this corner of Alcorn County, shaping the local economy and the very character of its inhabitants. The modest homes, often painted in faded blues and whites, speak of a practical resilience, a heritage passed down from those who first cleared this land. While larger industries may be distant, a strong sense of self-sufficiency persists, evident in the small, independent businesses that dot the main thoroughfare, each a testament to the enduring spirit of Jonestown.
Live animated radar for Jonestown 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 | Jonestown, Alcorn County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.870924°N, 88.66672°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39180, 38834, 39194, 38639 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jonestown, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jonestown, Mississippi, 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 Jonestown includes coordinates 34.870924°N, 88.666720°W, situated in Alcorn County. ZIP code 39180, 38834, 39194, 38639. Telephone area code: 601, 769. 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.
