Jacksonville, Oregon Weather
Jacksonville, Oregon — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Jacksonville, Jackson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Jacksonville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Jacksonville is published on the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport (KMFR) page, 10 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KMFR describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jacksonville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Jacksonville, Oregon
Jacksonville rests in a verdant valley, where the rugged foothills of the Siskiyou Mountains begin to soften their embrace. It lies 4.8 miles west of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 259°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-south-west of Central Point. Rolling hills, cloaked in a patchwork of golden grasses and resilient oak trees, slope gently towards the Rogue River's serpentine path, its waters catching the sky in a shimmer of silver. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet perfume of wild sage and sun-baked earth, a subtle testament to the region's dry, Mediterranean-like climate. This is a landscape that breathes with a quiet resilience, where the earth itself seems to hold the memory of ancient seasons, its contours shaped by the slow, persistent work of water and wind. The very character of Jacksonville is a reflection of its rich past, a chapter etched in the annals of Oregon's Gold Rush era. Once the bustling county seat, its streets still echo with the footsteps of prospectors and pioneers, a history palpable in the preserved Victorian architecture that lines its charming downtown. The local economy, though diversified, retains a deep connection to the land, with vineyards now flourishing where mining claims once lay, their grapes drawing sustenance from the mineral-rich soil. A notable attraction is the Britt Music and Arts Festival, which transforms the historic Britt Gardens into an open-air amphitheater, drawing crowds who come to savor both the artistry and the enduring spirit of Jacksonville.
Live animated radar for Jacksonville 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 | Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 42.313458°N, 122.966986°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97530 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jacksonville, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jacksonville, Oregon, 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 Jacksonville includes coordinates 42.313458°N, 122.966986°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 97530. Telephone area code: 541. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
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.
