Edgard, Louisiana Weather
Edgard, 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 Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish.
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About Edgard, Louisiana
Edgard lies along the broad, slow-moving Mississippi River, a place where the air hums with the damp warmth of the Deep South and the scent of sugarcane often hangs heavy. It lies 5.0 miles west-south-west of Laplace, LA (from Laplace, LA: bearing 251°T), and is situated 0.9 miles south-west of Reserve. The landscape here is a study in verdant abundance, with dense stands of live oaks draped in Spanish moss creating shadowy sanctuaries between the sun-drenched fields that stretch towards the horizon. The river itself is a constant, powerful presence, its muddy waters reflecting the immense sky in a shifting panorama of blues and grays, and the land, flat and fertile, feels perpetually yielding, as if breathing in the moisture from the humid air and exhaling a lush, green life. The houses, often painted in cheerful, sun-bleached colors, are set back from the road, their porches wide enough to catch the faintest breeze, and the silence here is not an absence of sound, but a quiet symphony of cicadas, distant boat horns, and the rustling of leaves. The history of Edgard is deeply entwined with the agricultural might of the river parishes, a legacy built on the backbreaking labor that cultivated vast plantations of sugarcane and cotton. For generations, this land has been shaped by the cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm that still echoes in the lives of its residents, many of whom trace their ancestry back to those early days. The economy, while diversifying, still holds a strong connection to the agricultural roots, with sugar mills and related processing plants forming a visible part of the industrial landscape, their tall smokestacks a distant, familiar punctuation against the sky. Edgard, a place where the past is not so much buried as it is a living part of the present, carries the quiet dignity of a community that has weathered storms and changes, its character forged in the enduring strength of the land and the enduring spirit of its people.
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| Location | Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.043258°N, 90.560087°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70049 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Edgard, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Edgard, 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 Edgard includes coordinates 30.043258°N, 90.560087°W, situated in St. John the Baptist Parish. ZIP code 70049. Telephone area code: 504. 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.
