Cameron, Louisiana Weather
Cameron, 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 Cameron, Cameron Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cameron. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cameron is published on the Southland Field (KUXL) page, 37 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. 4 airfields within reach of Cameron 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 Cameron: Lake Charles Regional Airport (KLCH) 38 km · Chennault International Airport (KCWF) 49 km · Orange County Airport (KORG) 55 km
Conditions reported at KUXL describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cameron specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cameron.
About Cameron, Louisiana
Cameron, Louisiana, exhales a humid, salt-kissed breath that clings to everything, a constant reminder of its intimate dance with the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 30.3 miles south-south-west of Lake Charles, LA (from Lake Charles, LA: bearing 192°T), and is situated 13.7 miles south of Hackberry. The land here is a low, yielding expanse, where the sky stretches in an unbroken, often bruised, violet and pewter before dusk. Marsh grasses, a thousand shades of green and gold depending on the light and season, sway in an unending, silent conversation with the wind, their roots anchoring a landscape that feels perpetually on the verge of being claimed by the water. Canals, like dark, serpentine veins, crisscross the terrain, reflecting the immense sky and carrying the silent passage of small boats, their wakes rippling the mirrored surface. The air itself is thick with the scent of brine and the earthy perfume of decaying vegetation, a potent, primordial essence that permeates the very being of Cameron. This is a place where the history of resilience is etched not in stone, but in the very fabric of its existence, a testament to survival against the relentless power of hurricanes and the slow, inexorable creep of the sea. Cameron's economy has long been tied to the bounty of its waters, with shrimping and fishing forming the backbone of its livelihood, a tradition passed down through generations like a precious, weathered chart. The echoes of oil and gas exploration also whisper through the region, leaving their mark on the industrial landscape and the lives of its people. Small, weathered homes, often raised on stilts, stand as defiant sentinels against the tides, their paint faded by the sun and salt spray, each one a story of endurance and adaptation. The rhythm of life in Cameron is dictated by the tides and the seasons, a slower, more deliberate pace than the hurried world beyond its marshes, a quiet understanding of nature’s unyielding strength.
Live animated radar for Cameron 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 | Cameron, Cameron Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.797721°N, 93.325154°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70631 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cameron, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cameron, 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 Cameron includes coordinates 29.797721°N, 93.325154°W, situated in Cameron Parish. ZIP code 70631. 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.
