Jeanerette, Louisiana Weather
Jeanerette, 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 Jeanerette, Iberia Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Jeanerette. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Jeanerette is published on the Le Maire Memorial Airport (K2R1) page, 1 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 Jeanerette 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 Jeanerette: Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) 26 km · Harry P Williams Memorial Airport (KPTN) 38 km · Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (KIYA) 41 km · Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT) 45 km
Conditions reported at K2R1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jeanerette specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Jeanerette, Louisiana
Jeanerette rests in the humid embrace of Louisiana's Bayou Teche country, a place where the air itself seems to hum with the memory of slow-moving water and the rustle of cane stalks. It lies 11.3 miles south-east of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 124°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-west of Baldwin. Here, the landscape is a study in verdant patience, a patchwork of fertile fields stretching towards a sky that often softens into the bruised hues of an approaching storm. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient sentinels, guard the edges of sluggish bayous, their branches draped with Spanish moss that catches the sun in ethereal, silver threads. The land, rich and dark, offers itself generously to the cultivation of sugarcane, its tall, emerald towers a defining feature of the horizon, swaying in the gentle, persistent breeze that carries the scent of damp earth and distant blossoms. The story of Jeanerette is inextricably tied to this fertile ground and the waterways that have shaped its destiny. Founded on the banks of the Bayou Teche, a vital artery for commerce and connection, the town flourished as a hub for the sugar industry, its economy once powered by the sweat of laborers and the bounty of the cane fields. Old plantation homes, some still standing with a quiet dignity, whisper tales of a bygone era, their grandeur a stark contrast to the more humble dwellings that now line the streets. Today, while sugar remains a significant part of Jeanerette's identity, a new generation is finding its footing, with fishing and the burgeoning tourism of the Atchafalaya Basin adding layers to the town's economic tapestry. The rhythm of life in Jeanerette is dictated less by the clock and more by the ebb and flow of the bayou and the seasons of the harvest, a gentle cadence that invites one to slow down and breathe in the verdant, water-kissed air.
Live animated radar for Jeanerette 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 | Jeanerette, Iberia Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.911038°N, 91.663448°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70544 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jeanerette, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jeanerette, 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 Jeanerette includes coordinates 29.911038°N, 91.663448°W, situated in Iberia Parish. ZIP code 70544. 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.
