Baker, Louisiana Weather
Baker, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Baker, East Baton Rouge Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Baker. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Baker is published on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR) page, 6 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. 3 airfields within reach of Baker 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 Baker: False River Regional Airport (KHZR) 33 km · Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) 51 km
Conditions reported at KBTR describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Baker specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Baker, Louisiana
Baker, Louisiana, breathes a humid warmth, a characteristic of its place in the southeastern part of the parish. It lies 8.2 miles west-north-west of Central, LA (from Central, LA: bearing 287°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of Baton Rouge. The land here is a gentle, low-lying expanse, where the soil, rich and dark, readily surrenders to the persistent sun and the generous rainfall. Cypress and pine trees, their branches often dripping with Spanish moss, form a verdant ceiling over the roads that meander through the landscape, connecting scattered homes and small businesses. In the quiet of the afternoon, the air hums with the persistent chorus of cicadas, a sound as integral to Baker as the very ground beneath one's feet. This is a place where the legacy of agriculture, particularly sugarcane, still whispers on the breeze, even as the rhythm of life has adapted to a more suburban pace. Baker's proximity to the larger urban center has drawn new residents and a different kind of energy, yet the echoes of its past remain. The local economy, once solely tied to the fields, now encompasses a broader range of services and retail, supporting the daily needs of its inhabitants. A sense of community persists, evident in the familiar faces at the local diner and the shared pride in the high school's athletic achievements, a small-town spirit that endures amidst the changing times.
Live animated radar for Baker 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 | Baker, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.588243°N, 91.168163°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70714, 70704 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Baker, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baker, 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 Baker includes coordinates 30.588243°N, 91.168163°W, situated in East Baton Rouge Parish. ZIP code 70714, 70704. Telephone area code: 985. 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.
