Central, Louisiana Weather
Central, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Central, St. James Parish.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Central.
About Central, Louisiana
Central unfolds as a verdant expanse where the humid breath of the South clings to everything, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a slow, steady rhythm. It lies 17.0 miles south-south-east of Prairieville, LA (from Prairieville, LA: bearing 163°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-south-east of Donaldsonville. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient knuckled hands, rise from the shallow, dark waters that thread through the landscape, their branches draped with Spanish moss that sways like spectral beards in the perpetual breeze. The air here is thick with the scent of damp earth and blooming magnolias, a perfume that intensifies as the sun begins its descent, painting the sky in bruised purples and fiery oranges that reflect off the placid surface of the bayous. The terrain, a tapestry of marsh and low-lying woodland, whispers of a persistent moisture, a landscape shaped by the gentle, inexorable flow of water, where the calls of unseen birds punctuate the deep quiet. This corner of St. James Parish carries the deep, resonant echoes of a history intertwined with the fertile soil and the mighty Mississippi River, though Central itself lies a short distance from its grandest currents. The economy here has long been tethered to the bounty of the land and the water, with agriculture, particularly sugarcane, having been a foundational pillar, its broad fields stretching towards the horizon. While the industrial presence of larger refineries and petrochemical plants marks the broader region, Central retains a character that feels more rooted in generations of farming families and the quiet pride of local craft. You can still feel the ghosts of old plantations in the air, a subtle reminder of a complex past, and the community’s spirit is one of resilience, a quiet strength forged by seasons of sun and rain, and the enduring connection to this unique Louisiana terrain.
Live animated radar for Central 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.
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| Location | Central, St. James Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.068534°N, 90.887318°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70395, 70770 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Central, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Central, Louisiana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Central includes coordinates 30.068534°N, 90.887318°W, situated in St. James Parish. ZIP code 70395, 70770. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
