Branch, Louisiana Weather
Branch, 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 Branch, Acadia Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Branch. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Branch is published on the St Landry Parish Ahart Field (KOPL) page, 28 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 Branch 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 Branch: Le Gros Memorial Airport (K3R2) 29 km · Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT) 31 km · Jennings Airport (K3R7) 41 km · Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (KIYA) 45 km · Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) 51 km
Conditions reported at KOPL describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Branch specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Branch.
About Branch, Louisiana
Branch exhales a quiet Louisiana air, a place where the earth lies low and flat, a verdant quilt stitched with sugarcane fields and the occasional cypress-lined bayou. It lies 17.1 miles west-north-west of Lafayette, LA (from Lafayette, LA: bearing 300°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north of Rayne. The sky here is a vast, luminous dome, often painted with the bruised purples and molten golds of an approaching storm, or the soft, diffused light of a humid dawn. The land itself feels heavy with moisture, the scent of damp soil and ripening cane a constant, earthy perfume. Ditches, deep and shadowed, trace the edges of cultivated fields, their still waters reflecting the slow drift of clouds, a silent testament to the constant negotiation between water and land. The history of Branch is inextricably bound to the fertile soil and the waterways that sustain it, an economy long rooted in the cultivation of sugarcane, its sweet, cloying scent a familiar signature of harvest season. Generations have toiled under the sun, their lives shaped by the planting and the cutting, by the rhythm of the seasons and the market's demands. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed this particular stretch of Acadia Parish, the enduring spirit of its people is evident in the resilient small businesses and the close-knit community that continues to thrive, a quiet defiance against the relentless march of time. The occasional rumble of a distant train, a fleeting reminder of a world beyond the fields, is often the most dramatic interruption to the prevailing peace.
Live animated radar for Branch 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 | Branch, Acadia Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.348812°N, 92.267628°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70516 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Branch, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Branch, 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 Branch includes coordinates 30.348812°N, 92.267628°W, situated in Acadia Parish. ZIP code 70516. 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.
