Jonestown, Pennsylvania Weather
Jonestown, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jonestown, Schuylkill County.
Full aviation weather for Jonestown is published on the Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport (KZER) page, 9 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: Grimes Airport (K8N1) 24 km · Northumberland County Airport (KN79) 28 km · Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (KN13) 36 km · Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport (KMUI) 39 km · Deck Airport (K9D4) 39 km
Conditions reported at KZER describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 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, Pennsylvania
Jonestown rests in a valley where the rolling hills of Pennsylvania begin to fold and rise, a landscape carved by waterways and softened by the seasons. It lies 23.7 miles south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 221°T), and is situated 4.1 miles west-north-west of Pottsville. The air here, particularly in the early morning, carries the damp, fertile scent of rich soil and distant pine, a cool breath before the sun fully claims the sky. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out, their orderly rows a testament to the land's enduring productivity, while the dense green of surrounding woodlands hints at deeper, wilder places just beyond the cultivated edges. The light, when it breaks through the clouds, often has a diffused, almost milky quality, lending a quiet luminescence to the weathered barns and the occasional cluster of houses that mark the scattered settlements of Jonestown. The history of Jonestown is etched in the very ground, a story of farming and quarrying that shaped its character. For generations, the land provided, supporting families through the demanding work of agriculture and the extraction of stone, a resource that built more than just the local structures. The rhythm of life in Jonestown has always been tied to the seasons and the demands of the earth, a steady, grounded existence where community ties run deep, often reinforced by shared labor and local traditions. While the grand industrial booms of other regions might have bypassed this quiet valley, a resilient spirit persists, evident in the well-maintained homes and the enduring sense of place that defines 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.
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| Location | Jonestown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.699534°N, 76.271337°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 17901, 17859, 15022, 17038 |
| 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 Jonestown, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jonestown, 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 Jonestown includes coordinates 40.699534°N, 76.271337°W, situated in Schuylkill County. ZIP code 17901, 17859, 15022, 17038. 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.
