Ashland, Louisiana Weather
Ashland, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Ashland, Tensas Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ashland. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ashland is published on the Tensas Parish Airport (KL33) page, 14 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 Ashland 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 Ashland: Natchez–Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field (KHEZ) 41 km · Concordia Parish Airport (K0R4) 47 km · Delhi Municipal Airport (K0M9) 50 km · Vicksburg Municipal Airport (KVKS) 53 km · Vicksburg Tallulah Regional Airport (KTVR) 54 km
Conditions reported at KL33 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ashland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ashland.
About Ashland, Louisiana
Ashland exhales a humid, earthy breath, a scent born of rich alluvial soil and the slow, patient crawl of the Tensas River through these flat, fertile lands. It lies 56.3 miles south-east of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 131°T), and is situated 11.1 miles south-west of Newellton. The landscape here unfolds in broad, generous sweeps of cotton fields, their white bolls like scattered pearls under the vast, indifferent sky, interspersed with dense stands of cypress and tupelo, their gnarled roots gripping the damp earth. Sunlight, when it breaks through the heavy air, possesses a liquid quality, pooling in the shallow ditches that crisscross the fields and glinting off the slow-moving water. The air itself feels thick, alive with the hum of unseen insects and the distant, mournful cry of a lone bird. The character of Ashland is deeply rooted in its agricultural past, a legacy of cotton and sugarcane that shaped its early economy and continues to inform its present. Generations have worked this land, their lives a testament to the relentless cycle of planting and harvest, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the capricious temperament of the Mississippi Delta climate. The weathered barns and modest homes scattered across the parish speak of a quiet resilience, a community that has weathered floods and economic shifts with a stoic determination. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed this particular corner of Tensas Parish, the land itself remains the primary currency, the source of sustenance and identity for the people of Ashland.
Live animated radar for Ashland 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 | Ashland, Tensas Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.97488°N, 91.392339°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71366, 70363, 71002 |
| Area Code | 985, 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ashland, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashland, Louisiana, 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 Ashland includes coordinates 31.974880°N, 91.392339°W, situated in Tensas Parish. ZIP code 71366, 70363, 71002. Telephone area code: 985, 318. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.
