Avondale, Louisiana Weather
Avondale, 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 Avondale, Jefferson Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Avondale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Avondale is published on the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) page, 11 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 Avondale 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 Avondale: New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) 19 km · Lakefront Airport (KNEW) 22 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 41 km · South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO) 53 km · Houma Terrebonne Airport (KHUM) 59 km
Conditions reported at KMSY describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Avondale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Avondale.
About Avondale, Louisiana
Avondale lies in a low-lying expanse where the air hangs thick and humid, carrying the faint, salty tang of distant Gulf waters. It lies 5.8 miles south-south-west of Metairie, LA (from Metairie, LA: bearing 212°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-south-west of New Orleans. Cypress knees punctuate the muddy edges of slow-moving canals, their dark bark slick with perpetual dampness, while the sun, when it breaks through the often-heavy cloud cover, casts a pale, diffused glow on the flat terrain. Mature oaks, draped in Spanish moss, offer a dappled shade that does little to alleviate the pervasive warmth, their branches reaching out like gnarled fingers across the landscape. The dominant sounds are the insistent hum of cicadas and the occasional rumble of traffic from the arteries that connect this place to the wider world. This stretch of Jefferson Parish has always been tied to the water, its history shaped by the ebb and flow of the Mississippi River and the smaller bayous that thread through the land. Once a place of agricultural pursuits, the economic character of Avondale has shifted, now bearing the imprint of industrial activity, particularly in shipbuilding and related heavy industries that line the riverfront. The ghostly outlines of older structures, remnants of a less hurried past, can sometimes be glimpsed through the encroaching vegetation, hinting at lives lived closer to the soil and the water. The rhythm of life here is dictated less by the seasons and more by the demands of commerce and the persistent, moist embrace of the Louisiana climate.
Live animated radar for Avondale 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 | Avondale, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.912983°N, 90.203687°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71366, 70094 |
| Area Code | 318, 504 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Avondale, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Avondale, 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 Avondale includes coordinates 29.912983°N, 90.203687°W, situated in Jefferson Parish. ZIP code 71366, 70094. Telephone area code: 318, 504. 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.
