Choctaw, 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 Choctaw, Iberville Parish.
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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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.