Estherwood, Louisiana Weather
Estherwood, 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 Estherwood, Acadia Parish.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
