Crescent, Louisiana Weather
Crescent, 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 Crescent, Terrebonne Parish.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crescent.
About Crescent, Louisiana
Crescent lies where the land sighs softly into water, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of marsh and the low hum of unseen life. It lies 4.5 miles west-north-west of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 286°T), and is situated 2.5 miles west-south-west of Bayou Cane. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, punctuate the murky edges of bayous, their dark reflections rippling with the passing of unseen creatures. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the emerald sheen of duckweed and the iridescent flash of dragonfly wings. The land itself feels perpetually damp, a rich, yielding soil that cradles the roots of live oaks draped in ghostly Spanish moss, their branches reaching like skeletal fingers towards a sky that often weeps a gentle, persistent rain. This stretch of Terrebonne Parish, Crescent, has long drawn sustenance from the bounty of its watery embrace. Historically, it was a realm of shrimpers and oystermen, their lives dictated by the tides and the seasons, their weathered hands adept at hauling nets and shucking shells. The economy still echoes this maritime heritage, with fishing fleets dotting the waterways and seafood processing plants humming with activity, a testament to generations who understood the rhythm of the Gulf. Beyond the immediate shores, the vast, untamed wetlands of the Louisiana coast stretch outwards, a vital, fragile ecosystem that shapes the very character of Crescent, a place where the human spirit learns to coexist with the wild, beautiful, and sometimes formidable power of nature.
Live animated radar for Crescent and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Crescent, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.614102°N, 90.790926°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70360, 70764 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crescent, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crescent, 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 Crescent includes coordinates 29.614102°N, 90.790926°W, situated in Terrebonne Parish. ZIP code 70360, 70764. 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.
