Delta, Louisiana Weather
Delta, 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 Delta, Madison Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Delta. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Delta is published on the Vicksburg Municipal Airport (KVKS) page, 10 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. 6 airfields within reach of Delta 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 Delta: Vicksburg Tallulah Regional Airport (KTVR) 10 km · Scott Airport (KM80) 23 km · Tensas Parish Airport (KL33) 49 km · John Bell Williams Airport (KJVW) 49 km · Delhi Municipal Airport (K0M9) 54 km
Conditions reported at KVKS describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Delta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Delta.
About Delta, Louisiana
Delta, Louisiana, unfolds under a sky that often hangs heavy and bruised with coming rain, a sky that mirrors the broad, slow sweep of the land. It lies 35.4 miles west of Clinton, MS (from Clinton, MS: bearing 268°T), and is situated 3.4 miles west-south-west of Vicksburg. Here, the Mississippi River’s ancient embrace has sculpted a terrain of flat, fertile plains, cut by bayous that snake like silver veins through dense stands of tupelo and cypress. The air itself carries a humid weight, rich with the scent of damp earth and the distant hum of cicadas, a sound that becomes the very pulse of summer. Live oaks, draped in Spanish moss that sways like spectral beards, stand as stoic sentinels along the edges of fields, their roots grasping deep into the alluvial soil that defines this place. The very character of Delta is one of patient endurance, of life lived in harmony with the river's moods and the land's unwavering generosity. This is a place where history is written in the rich, dark loam and the weathered grain of old barns. Delta's story is inextricably linked to the mighty Mississippi, its founding tied to the agricultural bounty it promised and the challenges it posed. For generations, the economy here has been rooted in the soil, with cotton and soybeans yielding their fortunes under the relentless sun. The faint, lingering scent of sugarcane can sometimes be detected on the breeze, a whisper of past harvests. While grand monuments are few, the enduring spirit of its people, a resilience forged in flood and drought, is its most notable feature. The rhythm of life in Delta moves with the seasons, a deliberate pace that allows for quiet observation, for the appreciation of a sunset that bleeds gold and rose across the unbroken horizon, painting the waterlogged fields in ephemeral glory.
Live animated radar for Delta 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 | Delta, Madison Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.325702°N, 90.92705°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71233 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Delta, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Delta, 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 Delta includes coordinates 32.325702°N, 90.927050°W, situated in Madison Parish. ZIP code 71233. 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.
