Cotton Valley, Louisiana Weather
Cotton Valley, 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 Cotton Valley, Webster Parish.
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About Cotton Valley, Louisiana
Cotton Valley rests in a soft embrace of Louisiana's rolling terrain, where the air, especially in the humid afternoons, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant whisper of pine needles. It lies 27.8 miles north-east of Bossier City, LA (from Bossier City, LA: bearing 41°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-south-east of Sarepta. The landscape here is a gentle undulation, a tapestry of fields that stretch towards the horizon, often interrupted by stands of mature trees that cast long, shifting shadows in the late afternoon sun. The character of Cotton Valley is that of quiet resilience, a place where the land dictates the rhythm of life, and the sky, vast and often a breathtaking canvas of bruised purples and fiery oranges at dusk, feels like a benevolent, ever-present witness to the day’s simple unfolding. The roots of Cotton Valley run deep into the agricultural past of this region, a history intrinsically tied to the very crop that gives it its name, though the economic landscape has diversified over the years. While cotton once dominated, the soil now yields a more varied harvest, reflecting a persistent ingenuity in adapting to changing times. This locality carries the quiet hum of industries that have sustained its people, a testament to the enduring spirit that has shaped its development. There are no grand pronouncements here, no towering monuments, but rather a palpable sense of continuity, a feeling that each weathered fence post and every well-trodden path holds a story, a silent narrative of generations who have called Cotton Valley home.
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| Location | Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.819309°N, 93.417672°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71018 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cotton Valley, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cotton Valley, 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 Cotton Valley includes coordinates 32.819309°N, 93.417672°W, situated in Webster Parish. ZIP code 71018. Telephone area code: 318. 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.
