Fordoche, Louisiana Weather
Fordoche, 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 Fordoche, Pointe Coupee Parish.
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About Fordoche, Louisiana
Fordoche rests in the gentle embrace of Pointe Coupee Parish, a place where the land itself seems to hum with a quiet agrarian song. It lies 29.3 miles west-north-west of Baton Rouge, LA (from Baton Rouge, LA: bearing 290°T), and is situated 4.4 miles north-west of Livonia. The terrain here is a study in fertile flatness, the soil a rich, dark loam that promises abundance. Cypress and oak trees, ancient sentinels, stand sentinel along the edges of fields, their branches draped with Spanish moss that catches the afternoon sun like spun silver. The air, especially in the languid hours of late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy scent of ripening sugarcane and the distant, lowing of cattle. This is a landscape designed for patient cultivation, where the sky stretches wide and unbroken, a canvas for dramatic sunsets that paint the horizon in hues of fire and amethyst. The story of Fordoche is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of this region, a legacy that has shaped its economy and character for generations. Sugarcane fields, a verdant sea stretching to the horizon, form the backbone of local industry, their stalks rustling with secrets whispered by the Gulf Coast breezes. The rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of life in Fordoche, a steady, dependable beat passed down through families who have worked this land for centuries. Old farmhouses, their paint weathered to soft pastels, stand testament to this enduring connection, their porches offering shade and a vantage point for observing the slow, deliberate passage of days. While modernization has touched its edges, the heart of Fordoche remains rooted in the soil, a place where the past whispers through the rustling cane and the scent of damp earth after a summer rain.
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| Location | Fordoche, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.596023°N, 91.616502°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70732 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fordoche, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fordoche, 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 Fordoche includes coordinates 30.596023°N, 91.616502°W, situated in Pointe Coupee Parish. ZIP code 70732. 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.
