James City, Virginia Weather
James City, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for James City, James City County.
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About James City, Virginia
James City unfurls along the tidal creeks and broad riverbend, a landscape shaped by the slow, insistent pulse of the Atlantic and its tributaries. It lies 5.6 miles west-north-west of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 291°T), and is situated 3.9 miles south-west of Lightfoot. The air here carries the briny kiss of the Chesapeake, a constant whisper that rustles through the stands of loblolly pine and the dense undergrowth of oak and holly. Low, rolling terrain, a subtle undulation rather than a dramatic rise, gives way to marshy expanses where the water's edge blurs into reeds and sea grass, a liminal space where land and tide perpetually negotiate their boundaries. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, casts a mellow, golden hue upon the weathered shingles of old houses and the broad, green lawns that slope towards the water, imbuing the very stillness of the place with a quiet luminescence. This is the ground where English roots first took hold in North America, a place etched by centuries of human endeavor and the enduring rhythms of the natural world. The early settlers of James City grappled with the abundance and the challenges of this fertile delta, their lives intertwined with the cultivation of tobacco that once defined the region's economy. While the grand plantations of old have largely faded, remnants of that agrarian past linger in the scattered farmsteads and the persistent agricultural scent that occasionally drifts on the breeze. Today, the spirit of James City is a blend of historical reverence and a quiet engagement with the present, its economy now drawing from the broader opportunities of the surrounding region while retaining a distinct, unhurried character, a place where the past is not a burden but a gentle current beneath the surface of everyday life.
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| Location | James City, James City County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.300213°N, 76.802893°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23188, 23185 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This James City, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for James City, Virginia, 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 James City includes coordinates 37.300213°N, 76.802893°W, situated in James City County. ZIP code 23188, 23185. Telephone area code: 804. 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.
