Darrow, Louisiana Weather
Darrow, 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 Darrow, Ascension Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Darrow. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Darrow is published on the Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) page, 7 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. 4 airfields within reach of Darrow 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 Darrow: Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 39 km · Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR) 49 km · Harry P Williams Memorial Airport (KPTN) 57 km
Conditions reported at KREG describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Darrow specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Darrow.
About Darrow, Louisiana
Darrow rests in a landscape where the bayou’s breath is a constant presence, a humid whisper that clings to the drooping cypress limbs and the broad, waxy leaves of the magnolias. It lies 12.8 miles south of Prairieville, LA (from Prairieville, LA: bearing 184°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-south-west of Gonzales. The terrain here is low-lying, a mosaic of alluvial plains and meandering waterways, where the earth itself seems to hold the memory of countless floods. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy of live oaks, falls in fractured shafts, illuminating the slow crawl of life – the shimmer of a dragonfly’s wing, the deliberate glide of a turtle, the patient stillness of a heron by the water's edge. The air itself is thick with the scent of damp earth, decaying leaves, and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen blossoms. This is a place shaped by the rhythm of the Mississippi River, its history intertwined with the fertile soil that has long sustained agriculture, particularly sugarcane. The legacy of plantation life still echoes, though the economy of Darrow has diversified, finding new footing in the burgeoning industrial corridors that have sprung up along the river’s banks. Yet, the enduring spirit of the region remains, a testament to resilience and adaptation. The small, close-knit communities here possess a quiet pride, their lives a gentle ebb and flow, marked by the changing seasons and the enduring beauty of the Louisiana low country.
Live animated radar for Darrow 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 | Darrow, Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.118254°N, 90.985377°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70725 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Darrow, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Darrow, 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 Darrow includes coordinates 30.118254°N, 90.985377°W, situated in Ascension Parish. ZIP code 70725. 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.
