Harahan, Louisiana Weather
Harahan, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Harahan, Jefferson Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Harahan. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Harahan is published on the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) page, 8 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 Harahan 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 Harahan: Lakefront Airport (KNEW) 20 km · New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) 21 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 40 km · South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO) 56 km · Slidell Airport (KASD) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMSY describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Harahan specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Harahan, Louisiana
Harahan unfolds along the Mississippi River's embrace, a landscape of flatlands and meandering bayous where humidity hangs like a veil and the air hums with insect song. It lies 4.3 miles south-west of Metairie, LA (from Metairie, LA: bearing 225°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west of New Orleans. Cypress trees, their knees jutting from the shallow, dark water, stand as stoic sentinels, their branches draped with Spanish moss that catches the diffused sunlight. The streets, a grid of modest homes and sprawling industrial parks, are often softened by the emerald blush of tropical foliage, a constant reminder of the verdant, subtropical clime. Evenings here often bring a soft, golden light that spills across the asphalt, painting the ordinary in strokes of ephemeral beauty, a quiet grace settling over the town as the day's heat begins to recede. This stretch of Jefferson Parish carries the echoes of a burgeoning industrial past, its identity forged in the relentless rhythm of rail and river. Harahan's very name is a testament to the railroad barons who shaped its development, their iron arteries slicing through the marshy terrain to connect commerce across the nation. The local economy, once dominated by these transportation giants and the associated industries, now navigates a more diversified course, still holding close to its industrial roots while embracing new ventures. The proximity to the mighty Mississippi dictates a certain dynamism, a constant flow of goods and ideas that has informed Harahan's character for generations, fostering a pragmatic resilience in its people, a quiet understanding of the forces that shape their lives.
Live animated radar for Harahan 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 | Harahan, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.940483°N, 90.203131°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70123 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Harahan, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harahan, 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 Harahan includes coordinates 29.940483°N, 90.203131°W, situated in Jefferson Parish. ZIP code 70123. Telephone area code: 504. 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.
