Galliano, Louisiana Weather
Galliano, 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 Galliano, Lafourche Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Galliano. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Galliano is published on the South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO) page, 4 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. 3 airfields within reach of Galliano 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 Galliano: Houma Terrebonne Airport (KHUM) 38 km · New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) 50 km
Conditions reported at KGAO describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Galliano specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Galliano.
About Galliano, Louisiana
Galliano sprawls along a ribbon of land where the bayou's dark water whispers secrets to the humid air. It lies 27.4 miles east-south-east of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 113°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-south-east of Cut Off. The landscape here is a study in green and silver: sawgrass marshes stretch to a horizon often softened by a haze, punctuated by stands of cypress trees draped with Spanish moss, their knees emerging from the shallow, murky depths. The sky, a vast, ever-changing canvas, can shift from a brilliant, almost blinding blue to a bruised, dramatic grey in the span of an afternoon, and when the sun dips low, it bleeds across the water in hues of molten gold and rose. The very air feels thick, alive with the drone of unseen insects and the occasional splash of a fish disturbing the glassy surface. This is a place shaped by water and by the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed a living from its challenging embrace. Galliano's roots are deeply entwined with the fishing and shrimping industries, a heritage evident in the weathered boats docked along its waterways and the scent of brine that sometimes drifts inland. For generations, families have navigated these channels, their livelihoods tied to the bounty of the Gulf and the intricate network of bayous that serve as both highway and pantry. More recently, the offshore oil and gas industry has brought a different kind of lifeblood, a constant hum of activity that contrasts with the languid pace of the natural world. The distinctive character of Galliano is a blend of this hard-won resilience and a deep, abiding connection to the watery landscape that defines it.
Live animated radar for Galliano 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 | Galliano, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.442164°N, 90.299246°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70354 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Galliano, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Galliano, 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 Galliano includes coordinates 29.442164°N, 90.299246°W, situated in Lafourche Parish. ZIP code 70354. 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.
