Jamestown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jamestown, Carbon County.
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Jamestown rests in a hollow, where the land begins its slow, deliberate climb towards the ridges that cradle it. It lies 15.9 miles east-south-east of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 120°T), and is situated 6.0 miles west-north-west of Palmerton. The houses, mostly modest clapboard and brick, seem to huddle together, their roofs a patchwork of muted grays and browns against the persistent green of the surrounding Pennsylvania hills. A faint scent of damp earth and woodsmoke often hangs in the air, a comforting, primal perfume that speaks of seasons past and present. The creek that bisects Jamestown, a lively, chattering artery in the spring thaw, dwindles to a more thoughtful murmur by late summer, its banks often fringed with ferns and the occasional tenacious wild rose. The veins of coal that once pulsed beneath this land are now largely dormant, but their legacy is deeply etched into the character of Jamestown. The rough-hewn stone of older buildings, some of them bearing the sturdy, no-nonsense architecture of a bygone industrial era, still stands as a quiet testament to the generations who worked the mines and mills. While the clang of machinery has faded, a resilient spirit endures, a quiet pride in the tenacity of this place. The local economy has shifted, finding new footing in small businesses and the steady flow of traffic on the nearby highways, but the echo of its industrial past is a constant whisper in the wind that sweeps down from the forested slopes.
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| Location | Jamestown, Carbon County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.844258°N, 75.711023°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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 40.844258°N, 75.711023°W, situated in Carbon 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.