Blanchard, Louisiana Weather
Blanchard, 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 Blanchard, Caddo Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Blanchard. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Blanchard is published on the Shreveport Downtown Airport (KDTN) page, 15 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 Blanchard 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 Blanchard: Shreveport Regional Airport (KSHV) 16 km · Barksdale Air Force Base (KBAD) 23 km · Vivian Airport (K3F4) 33 km · Harrison County Airport (KASL) 40 km · Cypress River Airport (K24F) 43 km
Conditions reported at KDTN describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blanchard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blanchard.
About Blanchard, Louisiana
Blanchard rests in the gentle roll of Caddo Parish, where the air carries the humid breath of the South and the sky stretches wide, a canvas for the slow march of clouds. It lies 9.2 miles west-north-west of Shreveport, LA (from Shreveport, LA: bearing 295°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north-west of Lakeview. The landscape here is a tapestry of scattered woodlands and open fields, a place where the verdant green of summer can feel almost overwhelming in its intensity, and the quiet hum of insects is the constant soundtrack. Roads, often lined with the deep green of pine and the rustle of oak leaves, wind their way through this terrain, leading to scattered homes and businesses that dot the countryside. The very earth seems to absorb the sunlight, radiating a soft warmth even as the day begins to fade, painting the western horizon in hues of soft orange and fading rose. The history of Blanchard is intertwined with the agricultural roots of the region, a legacy of fertile soil that once supported cotton fields and the livelihoods they sustained. While the landscape has shifted and evolved, the quiet industriousness of its people remains. The local economy, once heavily reliant on farming, now finds its footing in a mix of small businesses and the broader economic currents of the surrounding Shreveport metropolitan area, a subtle but constant connection. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling tourist hubs, but rather a sense of a place that has found its own steady rhythm, a quiet persistence that speaks of generations who have called this patch of Louisiana home, nurturing it with their labor and their lives.
Live animated radar for Blanchard 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 | Blanchard, Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.580983°N, 93.892681°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71009 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blanchard, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blanchard, 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 Blanchard includes coordinates 32.580983°N, 93.892681°W, situated in Caddo Parish. ZIP code 71009. 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.
