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, Yazoo County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Jonestown. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Jonestown is published on the Yazoo County Airport (K87I) page, 6 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: Belzoni Municipal Airport (K1M2) 35 km · C. A. Moore Airport (K19M) 49 km · Hollandale Municipal Airport (K14M) 53 km · Bruce Campbell Field (KMBO) 54 km · Hawkins Field (KHKS) 60 km
Conditions reported at K87I describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 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 unfurls itself across a landscape of gentle, fertile plains, where the air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and pine. It lies 32.0 miles north-west of Madison, MS (from Madison, MS: bearing 325°T), and is situated 1.7 miles west-south-west of Yazoo City. The land here is a study in subtle greens, from the deep emerald of the mature trees that line the seldom-traveled roads to the paler, almost luminous shades of the cultivated fields stretching towards the horizon. Occasional clusters of modest homes, their paint often faded by the persistent Mississippi sun, break the verdant expanse, each with its own sprawling yard where azaleas and magnolias burst into riotous bloom during their season. The quietude is profound, broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the sharp, sudden cry of a hawk circling lazily overhead. The history of Jonestown is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that grace its periphery, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who settled this fertile ground. For generations, the economy has been tied to the bounty of the land, with cotton and soybeans being the enduring staples that have shaped its destiny. The soil, rich and dark, has yielded its harvest year after year, supporting families and fostering a close-knit character among its residents. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very stillness of Jonestown, the way the light catches the dust motes dancing in the afternoon sun, speaks of a long and quiet unfolding, a place where life moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, much like the slow, steady flow of the nearby waterways.
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, Yazoo County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32.8418°N, 90.430648°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 32.841800°N, 90.430648°W, situated in Yazoo 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.
