Grosse Tete, Louisiana Weather
Grosse Tete, 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 Grosse Tete, Iberville Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Grosse Tete. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Grosse Tete is published on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR) page, 30 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 Grosse Tete 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 Grosse Tete: False River Regional Airport (KHZR) 34 km · Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) 54 km · Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT) 58 km · Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) 60 km
Conditions reported at KBTR describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Grosse Tete specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Grosse Tete.
About Grosse Tete, Louisiana
Grosse Tete, a name that hints at its broad, slow-moving waterways, lies in a land where the air hangs thick and humid, a palpable presence that clings to skin and slows the stride. It lies 16.9 miles west of Baton Rouge, LA (from Baton Rouge, LA: bearing 261°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south of Erwinville. Here, the landscape is a low, flat expanse, a verdant quilt stitched with canals and bayous, the very earth breathing moisture. Cypress trees, their knees like gnarled knuckles breaking the surface of murky water, stand sentinel in the shallow wetlands, their Spanish moss beards trailing like ancient whispers. The sun, when it breaks through the often-clouded sky, has a peculiar, diffused quality, casting a soft, golden haze over the fields of sugarcane that stretch towards the horizon, their green stalks rustling with a sound like hushed secrets. The occasional weathered farmhouse, paint peeling like sunburnt skin, anchors a patch of cultivated earth in this sprawling, watery domain, a testament to lives lived in close communion with the rhythms of the land. The history of Grosse Tete is as intertwined with water as the cypress roots themselves, its origins tied to the rich alluvial soil deposited by the Mississippi River and its tributaries. For generations, the economy here has been shaped by the bounty of the land and the waterways that serve as its arteries, primarily through agriculture, with sugarcane and rice standing as proud, if demanding, crops. The very character of Grosse Tete is imprinted by the enduring legacy of its early settlers, their resilience etched into the enduring spirit of the community. Though not a hub of grand monuments, the subtle charm of Grosse Tete lies in its quiet persistence, in the way the evening light catches the glint of water in the ditches, and in the enduring scent of damp earth and ripening cane that permeates the air, a constant reminder of its deep-rooted connection to the Louisiana soil.
Live animated radar for Grosse Tete 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 | Grosse Tete, Iberville Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.411028°N, 91.433721°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70740 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Grosse Tete, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grosse Tete, 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 Grosse Tete includes coordinates 30.411028°N, 91.433721°W, situated in Iberville Parish. ZIP code 70740. 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.
