Charenton, Louisiana Weather
Charenton, 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 Charenton, St. Mary Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Charenton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Charenton is published on the Le Maire Memorial Airport (K2R1) page, 14 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. 5 airfields within reach of Charenton 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 Charenton: Harry P Williams Memorial Airport (KPTN) 26 km · Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) 39 km · Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (KIYA) 55 km · Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT) 57 km
Conditions reported at K2R1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Charenton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Charenton.
About Charenton, Louisiana
Charenton breathes a humid, verdant air, a place where the earth itself seems to sigh with the weight of its own lushness. It lies 19.5 miles east-south-east of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 116°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north-north-west of Franklin. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient knuckles breaking the surface, stand sentinel in the shallow, tea-colored waters that lace the landscape. The sky here often hangs low, a bruised, pearlescent canvas reflecting the slow, serpentine movement of the bayous. Reeds rustle with a dry, papery sound, a constant whisper against the drone of unseen insects, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in shafts of liquid gold, illuminating the shimmering dust motes that dance in the heavy atmosphere. The very scent of Charenton is a complex perfume of decaying leaves, damp soil, and the faint, briny tang carried inland from the distant Gulf. This is a land shaped by water and by the generations who have learned to coax sustenance from its rich, alluvial soil. The history of Charenton is intrinsically tied to the bayous, the lifeblood of this region, which have served as highways, larders, and sometimes, formidable barriers. For decades, the economy here has been deeply rooted in the bounty of the surrounding waters and the fertile land – shrimp boats with their nets like sleeping spiders are a common sight, their weathered hulls a testament to long days spent wrestling with the sea's harvest, and fields of sugarcane stretch out, their emerald stalks catching the light, promising another season of sweet yields. The presence of the Chitimacha Tribe, whose ancestral lands encompass this area, imbues Charenton with a palpable sense of enduring tradition and a deep, almost spiritual connection to the natural world.
Live animated radar for Charenton 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 | Charenton, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.881594°N, 91.525113°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70523, 70544 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Charenton, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Charenton, 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 Charenton includes coordinates 29.881594°N, 91.525113°W, situated in St. Mary Parish. ZIP code 70523, 70544. 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.
