Estherwood, Louisiana Weather
Estherwood, 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 Estherwood, Acadia Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Estherwood. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Estherwood is published on the Le Gros Memorial Airport (K3R2) page, 3 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 Estherwood 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 Estherwood: Jennings Airport (K3R7) 21 km · Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (KIYA) 43 km · Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT) 46 km · St Landry Parish Ahart Field (KOPL) 55 km · Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) 58 km
Conditions reported at K3R2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Estherwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Estherwood.
About Estherwood, Louisiana
Estherwood rests in a landscape of subtle, fertile flatness, where verdant fields stretch towards a horizon softened by the humid Louisiana air. It lies 26.7 miles west of Lafayette, LA (from Lafayette, LA: bearing 264°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west-south-west of Crowley. The land here is a study in muted greens and earthy browns, broken by the silver glint of drainage ditches and the darker, richer hues of the bayou's edge. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient knuckles, stand sentinel along the waterways, their branches draped with Spanish moss that sways with an almost mournful grace in the infrequent breeze. The sky above Estherwood is a vast, ever-changing canvas, often a pale, washed-out blue during the day, but transforming into breathtaking spectacles of rose and bruised violet as the sun dips below the treeline. The air itself feels thick, carrying the scent of damp earth, blooming magnolias, and the distant, faint hum of agricultural machinery. The story of Estherwood is deeply entwined with the rich, alluvial soil of Acadia Parish, a land that has long sustained generations of farmers. Originally established as a stopping point for the railroad, its economy has always been tethered to the bounty of the earth, with rice and sugarcane forming the backbone of its agricultural output. The echoes of its past can be felt in the quiet hum of life here, a pace dictated more by the seasons and the harvest than by the frantic clock of larger cities. While not a place of grand monuments, Estherwood holds a quiet dignity, its character shaped by the enduring spirit of those who have cultivated this land, their stories whispered in the rustle of sugarcane stalks and the slow flow of the bayou.
Live animated radar for Estherwood 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 | Estherwood, Acadia Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.180761°N, 92.464301°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70534 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Estherwood, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Estherwood, 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 Estherwood includes coordinates 30.180761°N, 92.464301°W, situated in Acadia Parish. ZIP code 70534. 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.
