Belmont, Louisiana Weather
Belmont, 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 Belmont, West Baton Rouge Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Belmont. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Belmont is published on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR) page, 9 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 Belmont 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 Belmont: False River Regional Airport (KHZR) 34 km · Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) 46 km
Conditions reported at KBTR describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Belmont specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Belmont.
About Belmont, Louisiana
Belmont sits low and wide, a place where the land seems to exhale slowly. It lies 5.9 miles north-west of Baton Rouge, LA (from Baton Rouge, LA: bearing 305°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-south-west of Baker. The terrain here is a gentle, almost imperceptible swell, a subtle undulation that hints at the vast, flat canvas of the Mississippi River delta. Cypress and live oak, draped in Spanish moss, stand sentinel along the shallow, slow-moving bayous that thread through the landscape, their dark waters reflecting the humid, opalescent sky. The air itself is thick with the scent of damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen blossoms, a constant, tangible presence that clings to everything. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, has a peculiar softness, a diffused golden haze that seems to mute the edges of the world, making the distant fields of sugarcane appear as shimmering, indistinct seas. The history of Belmont is deeply intertwined with the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations. This land, once part of vast plantation holdings, now finds its livelihood in the cultivation of sugarcane, the stalks a verdant, whispering sea stretching towards the horizon. The economy here is a quiet hum of agricultural machinery and the steady, unhurried pace of rural life, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the needs of the crop. Along the bayous, the echoes of earlier eras can still be felt, whispers of steamboats that once plied these waterways, carrying goods and people through the heart of Louisiana. While grand estates are few, the character of Belmont is defined by its enduring connection to the land and a resilient spirit forged in the fertile delta.
Live animated radar for Belmont 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 | Belmont, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.498801°N, 91.235665°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70743, 70767, 71486 |
| Area Code | 985, 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Belmont, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Belmont, 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 Belmont includes coordinates 30.498801°N, 91.235665°W, situated in West Baton Rouge Parish. ZIP code 70743, 70767, 71486. 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.
