Bernice, Louisiana Weather
Bernice, 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 Bernice, Union Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bernice. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bernice is published on the Union Parish Airport (KF87) page, 32 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 Bernice 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 Bernice: Homer Municipal Airport (K5F4) 32 km · Ruston Regional Airport (KRSN) 35 km · El Dorado Downtown Airport-Stevens Field (KF43) 41 km · Arcadia Bienville Parish Airport (K5F0) 42 km · South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (KELD) 47 km
Conditions reported at KF87 describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bernice specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bernice.
About Bernice, Louisiana
Bernice, Louisiana, unfolds across a landscape where the piney woods of North Louisiana begin to soften into rolling hills, a gentle rise and fall that hints at the distant Ouachita River. It lies 38.1 miles north-west of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 305°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north of Dubach. Cypress-lined bayous, dark and slow-moving, thread through the terrain, their waters reflecting the deep green of the surrounding foliage and the vast, often cloud-streaked sky. The air here carries the humid breath of the Deep South, a scent of damp earth, decaying leaves, and, in the warmer months, the sweet perfume of blooming magnolias. The character of Bernice is one of quiet persistence, a place where life moves at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, where front porches still serve as gathering spots and the rustle of leaves often drowns out the hum of traffic. The history of Bernice is intertwined with the timber industry that once dominated this corner of Union Parish, the tall pines felled to build homes and fuel distant cities. Later, agriculture, particularly cotton and corn, became the lifeblood, leaving behind a legacy of fertile soil and a deep connection to the land. Today, while remnants of those industries persist, Bernice has found a more diversified footing, with small businesses and a scattering of service jobs forming the backbone of its local economy. It is a place where the past is not entirely forgotten, where old farmhouses stand sentinel beside newer dwellings, and where the quiet murmur of conversation at the local diner carries the weight of generations. The very soil seems to hold stories, a subtle echo of the lives lived and work done under the wide Louisiana sky.
Live animated radar for Bernice 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 | Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.822088°N, 92.65793°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71222 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bernice, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bernice, 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 Bernice includes coordinates 32.822088°N, 92.657930°W, situated in Union Parish. ZIP code 71222. 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.
