Jamestown, Virginia Weather
Jamestown, 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 Jamestown, James City County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jamestown.
About Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown lies where the James River, wide and slow, begins its patient embrace of the Chesapeake Bay. It lies 5.7 miles south-west of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 220°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-east of James City. The land here is a gentle, alluvial plain, a soft green velvet worn smooth by centuries of wind and water. Cypress knees, like ancient knuckles, rise from the marshy edges of brackish creeks, and the air, especially after a rain, carries the faint, briny tang of the sea, mingling with the sweet, damp scent of loam and decaying leaves. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast sky, spills in broad, golden swathes, illuminating the reeds that rustle with a sound like whispered secrets, and casting long, dancing shadows from the skeletal branches of winter trees. This is a place where history breathes, not with the clamor of a battlefield, but with the quiet persistence of tides. Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, was born of ambition and hardship, a fragile outpost against a vast, unknown continent. Its early economy, a desperate struggle for survival, eventually found footing in the cultivation of tobacco, a crop that would shape the fortunes and destinies of this region for generations. Though the original settlement has long since faded, its echoes resonate in the reconstructed palisades and the hushed reverence of the historic sites, drawing visitors to ponder the courage and the cost of those first endeavors. The modern landscape, though marked by the passage of time, still carries the imprint of that foundational struggle, a subtle reminder of the tenacious spirit that first claimed this patch of riverfront.
Live animated radar for Jamestown and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Jamestown, James City County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.208203°N, 76.774126°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23081 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jamestown, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jamestown, 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 Jamestown includes coordinates 37.208203°N, 76.774126°W, situated in James City County. ZIP code 23081. 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.
