Baskin, Louisiana Weather
Baskin, 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 Baskin, Franklin Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Baskin. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Baskin is published on the John H Hooks Jr Memorial Airport (KM79) page, 25 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 Baskin 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 Baskin: Delhi Municipal Airport (K0M9) 29 km · Caldwell Parish Airport (KF86) 33 km · Monroe Regional Airport (KMLU) 39 km · Morehouse Memorial Airport (KBQP) 57 km · Tensas Parish Airport (KL33) 57 km
Conditions reported at KM79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Baskin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Baskin.
About Baskin, Louisiana
Baskin, Louisiana, exhales a quiet breath of humid air, thick with the scent of damp earth and distant pine. It lies 27.7 miles south-east of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 128°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-north-west of Winnsboro. The landscape here is a gentle yielding of the land, a subtle swell and dip that speaks of ancient, slow-moving waters. Fields of emerald green, checkerboarded with the richer tones of tilled soil, stretch towards horizons softened by a haze that blurs the edges of the sky. The sunlight, when it breaks through the humid veil, can be surprisingly potent, casting long, stark shadows from solitary oak trees that stand like weathered sentinels at the edges of pastures. The air itself seems to hum with the unseen life of insects and the rustle of unseen creatures in the dense, verdant growth that crowds the ditches and borders. The history of Baskin is intrinsically tied to the fertile lands of Franklin Parish, a place where agriculture has long been the lifeblood, with cotton and soybeans dominating the fields in seasons past and present. The quiet hum of tractors often forms the soundtrack to everyday life, a constant reminder of the land's enduring pull. Though Baskin itself may not boast grand monuments or bustling avenues, its character is etched into the very way the days unfold, a steady, deliberate pace dictated by the sun and the seasons. The local economy, while perhaps modest, is rooted in the bounty of the soil, a testament to generations who have worked this ground, their efforts contributing to the quiet resilience that defines Baskin.
Live animated radar for Baskin 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 | Baskin, Franklin Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.259038°N, 91.747626°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71219 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Baskin, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baskin, 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 Baskin includes coordinates 32.259038°N, 91.747626°W, situated in Franklin Parish. ZIP code 71219. Telephone area code: 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.
