Echo, Louisiana Weather
Echo, 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 Echo, Rapides Parish.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Echo.
About Echo, Louisiana
Echo lies along the Red River, a place where the humid air hangs heavy, thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, a scent that clings to the skin like a second shirt. It lies 18.4 miles south-east of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 139°T), and is situated 4.3 miles west-south-west of Fifth Ward. The landscape here is a gentle, rolling expanse, not dramatic, but persistent, a subtle undulation of land that promises slow, deep roots and a quiet endurance. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy of oaks and magnies, falls in shifting, golden shafts, illuminating the emerald moss that carpets fallen logs and the dark, rich soil that yields its bounty with a patient grace. The character of Echo is one of quietude, a stillness that allows the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth to become a significant sound, a whisper of the wild that still holds sway. The history of Echo is entwined with the very waters that shape its existence, the Red River a vital artery for trade and settlement in generations past. Though the grander ambitions of steamboat days have long since faded, a vestige of that era lingers in the languid flow of the river and the enduring connection the people of Echo feel to its currents. The local economy, once anchored by timber and agriculture, now draws sustenance from a blend of these traditions and the quiet hum of small businesses that serve the surrounding farms and ranches. There is a distinct lack of grand pronouncements here, no towering monuments to industry, but rather a more subtle testament to resilience, found in the weathered barns and the steady, unassuming rhythm of daily life.
Live animated radar for Echo and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Echo, Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.110188°N, 92.241796°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71330, 71302 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Echo, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Echo, 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 Echo includes coordinates 31.110188°N, 92.241796°W, situated in Rapides Parish. ZIP code 71330, 71302. 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. 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.
