Cottonport, Louisiana Weather
Cottonport, 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 Cottonport, Avoyelles Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cottonport. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cottonport is published on the Marksville Municipal Airport (KMKV) page, 12 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 Cottonport 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 Cottonport: Bunkie Municipal Airport (K2R6) 18 km · Woodworth Airport (K1R4) 46 km · St Landry Parish Ahart Field (KOPL) 48 km · Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport (KESF) 51 km
Conditions reported at KMKV describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottonport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottonport.
About Cottonport, Louisiana
Cottonport lies low in the alluvial embrace of Avoyelles Parish, a place where the land exhales a humid, verdant breath. It lies 32.4 miles south-east of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 134°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south of Marksville. The terrain here is a patient sprawl of flat, fertile fields, often crisscrossed by drainage ditches that mirror the slow, deliberate movements of the nearby bayous. Cypress trees, their knees knobby sentinels, stand guard at the edges of water, their shadows stretching long and languid across the sugarcane and cotton that define the agricultural horizon. The air itself, thick with the scent of damp earth and blooming jasmine, hums with the ceaseless thrum of cicadas, a constant, almost palpable presence that underscores the unhurried rhythm of life in Cottonport. This corner of Louisiana carries the deep imprint of its agricultural past, a legacy built on the sweat of generations working the rich, dark soil. The name itself hints at a history woven from the cotton trade, a once-booming industry that shaped the fortunes and families of this region. Today, while cotton still plays a role, the economy of Cottonport has diversified, with rice and soybeans sharing the fields, and a quiet resilience evident in the small businesses that dot the main thoroughfares. The Atchafalaya Basin, a vast wilderness of swamps and bayous, lies not far off, its wildness a constant counterpoint to the cultivated order of the fields, offering a rich larder of fish and game that has sustained the local culture for centuries, a quiet testament to the enduring connection between the people and the water.
Live animated radar for Cottonport 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 | Cottonport, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.984079°N, 92.053456°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71327 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottonport, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottonport, 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 Cottonport includes coordinates 30.984079°N, 92.053456°W, situated in Avoyelles Parish. ZIP code 71327. 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. 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.
