Hester, Louisiana Weather
Hester, 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 Hester, LaSalle Parish.
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About Hester, Louisiana
Hester slumbers in a landscape where the land itself seems to exhale a humid, green breath. It lies 30.3 miles north-north-east of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 13°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south-south-west of Urania. Cypress knees, like ancient, gnarled knuckles, emerge from the dark, slow-moving waters of the bayous that lace the terrain, mirroring the heavy, moss-draped limbs of live oaks that stretch towards a sky often softened by a pearly haze. The air here carries the scent of damp earth, pine needles, and the faint, sweet decay of fallen leaves, a constant reminder of the fertile, yet untamed, wilderness that presses in on all sides. Sunlight, when it pierces the dense canopy, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the rich, dark soil and the occasional flicker of a dragonfly's iridescent wing. This corner of LaSalle Parish was shaped by the slow grind of time and the determined hands of those who sought to coax a living from its rich, alluvial soil. The economy of Hester has long been tied to the bounty of the land, from the lumber mills that once buzzed with activity, their saws echoing through the pines, to the small farms that still carve out sustenance from the fertile ground. Local legends whisper of forgotten settlements and the resilient spirit of families who navigated the waterways and cleared the dense undergrowth, their stories now as much a part of the parish's character as the rustling reeds along the water's edge. The rhythm of life in Hester moves with the gentle, inexorable flow of the nearby streams, a quiet persistence that has weathered floods and droughts alike.
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| Location | Hester, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.739059°N, 92.329305°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71371, 70743 |
| Area Code | 318, 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hester, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hester, 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 Hester includes coordinates 31.739059°N, 92.329305°W, situated in LaSalle Parish. ZIP code 71371, 70743. Telephone area code: 318, 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.
