Choctaw, Louisiana Weather
Choctaw, 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 Choctaw, Iberville Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Choctaw. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Choctaw is published on the Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) page, 33 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 Choctaw 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 Choctaw: Le Maire Memorial Airport (K2R1) 45 km · Harry P Williams Memorial Airport (KPTN) 47 km · Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR) 47 km · Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) 59 km
Conditions reported at KREG describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Choctaw specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Choctaw.
About Choctaw, Louisiana
Choctaw lies in Iberville Parish, a place where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of magnolias and the slow, steady breath of the Mississippi River. It lies 21.9 miles south-west of Prairieville, LA (from Prairieville, LA: bearing 236°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west-south-west of White Castle. The landscape here is a tapestry of emerald green, defined by the broad, languid sweep of bayous and the dense, shadowed embrace of ancient cypress trees. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the moss that drapes like forgotten lace from gnarled branches. The very earth feels moist and yielding, a testament to the constant presence of water, giving the land a soft, almost yielding character, as if it’s perpetually sighing under the weight of its own verdant abundance. The history of Choctaw is deeply entwined with the fertile alluvial plains it calls home, a region once traversed by Native American tribes before the arrival of European settlers. Its economy has long been shaped by the rich soil and the generous flow of the river, with agriculture, particularly sugarcane and rice, forming the bedrock of its existence for generations. Though the grand plantation homes of yesteryear may be fewer, the echoes of that past linger in the weathered barns and the enduring agricultural practices that still define the rhythm of life here. The distinctive character of Choctaw is not in grand monuments, but in the quiet resilience of its people, the enduring connection to the land, and the subtle, persistent murmur of the waterway that has always been its lifeblood.
Live animated radar for Choctaw 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 | Choctaw, Iberville Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.126309°N, 91.276496°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70719, 70301 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Choctaw, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Choctaw, 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 Choctaw includes coordinates 30.126309°N, 91.276496°W, situated in Iberville Parish. ZIP code 70719, 70301. 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.
