Erath, Louisiana Weather
Erath, 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 Erath, Vermilion Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Erath. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Erath is published on the Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (KIYA) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Erath 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 Erath: Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) 17 km · Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT) 28 km · Le Maire Memorial Airport (K2R1) 36 km · Le Gros Memorial Airport (K3R2) 48 km
Conditions reported at KIYA describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Erath specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Erath.
About Erath, Louisiana
Erath rests amidst the flat, fertile expanse of Vermilion Parish, a place where the sky feels vast and encompassing, stretching its pale blue canvas over fields of sugarcane and rice that shimmer under the humid Louisiana sun. It lies 13.4 miles west-south-west of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 257°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east of Abbeville. The air here carries the faint, sweet perfume of ripening cane, mingling with the damp earth and the distant, lowing calls of cattle. Drainage canals, like silver threads, crisscross the landscape, their placid surfaces reflecting the slow drift of cumulus clouds, and the occasional cypress tree, its gnarled limbs reaching skyward, stands as a solitary sentinel against the horizon. The character of Erath is one of quiet persistence, a community rooted in the land’s generous, yet demanding, embrace. The history of Erath is deeply entwined with the cultivation of its rich soil, its economy built on the back of sugarcane and rice farming, traditions passed down through generations of hardworking families. This agricultural heritage is the lifeblood of Erath, shaping its rhythm and its very identity. Though the parish itself saw early French colonization, the specific settlement that became Erath grew from the determined efforts of those who cleared the land and coaxed sustenance from its alluvial plains. Local crawfish processing plants, a testament to the bounty of the surrounding waterways and wetlands, also contribute significantly to the economic pulse, providing livelihoods and a distinctive local flavor. Evenings in Erath often bring a hush, punctuated by the chirping of crickets and the hum of unseen life, a peaceful counterpoint to the day’s labor, as the sky deepens to a bruised purple and then a velvet black, pricked with a million distant stars.
Live animated radar for Erath 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 | Erath, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.958261°N, 92.035956°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70533 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Erath, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Erath, 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 Erath includes coordinates 29.958261°N, 92.035956°W, situated in Vermilion Parish. ZIP code 70533. 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.
