Jamestown, Pennsylvania Weather
Jamestown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jamestown, Cambria County.
Full aviation weather for Jamestown is published on the John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) page, 18 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. 5 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: Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 31 km · Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 37 km · Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) 45 km · Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 51 km
Conditions reported at KJST describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 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, Pennsylvania
Jamestown rests in a valley cradled by hills that seem to exhale a quiet, persistent green. It lies 15.8 miles west-south-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 240°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south-south-east of Ebensburg. The landscape here is a study in gentle slopes and wide, open skies, where fields of corn and soybeans unfurl like rumpled carpets towards the horizon. The Conemaugh River, a ribbon of pewter and silver, winds its way through the heart of Jamestown, its banks fringed with a hardy, determined growth of trees that have weathered countless seasons. Even on a clear day, a certain softness imbues the air, a subtle haze that softens the edges of the world and lends a dreamlike quality to the rolling terrain. The houses, many of them sturdy brick structures with porches that invite lingering, seem to absorb the muted sunlight, their colors deepening as the day wears on. The story of Jamestown is one etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent hum of industry and the quiet resilience of its people. For generations, the rich seams of coal beneath these hills fueled the furnaces of America, and the echoes of that labor still resonate in the character of the place. While the mines may have quieted, the spirit of hard work and self-reliance remains. The local economy, once defined by the black gold of the earth, now draws strength from agriculture and a growing number of small businesses that lend Jamestown its unique, unhurried rhythm. You can feel the history in the old train depot, a silent sentinel to a bygone era of bustling commerce, and in the warm greetings exchanged on the sidewalks, a testament to a community that remembers its roots.
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, Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.404518°N, 78.655296°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15946, 16134 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jamestown, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jamestown, Pennsylvania, 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 40.404518°N, 78.655296°W, situated in Cambria County. ZIP code 15946, 16134. Telephone area code: 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
