DeRidder, Louisiana Weather
DeRidder, 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 DeRidder, Beauregard Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near DeRidder. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for DeRidder is published on the Beauregard Regional Airport (KDRI) page, 5 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. 3 airfields within reach of DeRidder 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 DeRidder: Newton Municipal Airport (K61R) 43 km · De Quincy Industrial Airpark (K5R8) 48 km
Conditions reported at KDRI describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at DeRidder specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for DeRidder.
About DeRidder, Louisiana
DeRidder hums with a quiet persistence beneath a sky that often holds the humid breath of the Gulf. It lies 43.0 miles north of Lake Charles, LA (from Lake Charles, LA: bearing 354°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south of Rosepine. The land here, a gentle swell of pine and oak, stretches towards horizons that blur with the subtle haze of summer, a landscape where the air itself seems to carry the scent of damp earth and sun-warmed needles. Roads, ribbon-like and often bordered by the emerald spill of roadside greenery, lead past houses with wide porches, their paint weathered by the generous Louisiana sun, and into the heart of a place where the days unfold with a steady, unhurried cadence. The light, particularly as afternoon wanes, possesses a luminous quality, bathing the sparse clouds in hues of rose and gold, a fleeting spectacle that seems to anchor the spirit to the very soil. The history of DeRidder is inextricably linked to the whispering pines that once dominated this corner of Beauregard Parish, a testament to the logging industry that first drew settlers to its fertile ground. The railroads, vital arteries of commerce, crisscrossed this region, carrying timber and dreams, shaping the very contours of the local economy for generations. Today, while the echoes of the sawmills may have faded, a spirit of tenacious local enterprise persists, a dedication to the small businesses that form the backbone of DeRidder. The Beauregard Parish Courthouse, a dignified structure of brick and stone, stands as a silent witness to the town’s enduring civic life, a focal point in a community that values its roots and the quiet strength of its people.
Live animated radar for DeRidder 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 | DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.846306°N, 93.289053°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70634 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This DeRidder, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for DeRidder, 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 DeRidder includes coordinates 30.846306°N, 93.289053°W, situated in Beauregard Parish. ZIP code 70634. 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.
