Junction City, Louisiana Weather
Junction City, 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 Junction City, Claiborne Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Junction City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Junction City is published on the El Dorado Downtown Airport-Stevens Field (KF43) page, 21 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 Junction City 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 Junction City: South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (KELD) 24 km · Homer Municipal Airport (K5F4) 36 km · Union Parish Airport (KF87) 48 km · Magnolia Municipal Airport / Ralph C Weiser Field (KAGO) 52 km · Stephens Ouachita County Airport (K4F8) 57 km
Conditions reported at KF43 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Junction City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Junction City.
About Junction City, Louisiana
Junction City, Louisiana, lies in a broad, fertile basin where the earth exhales a humid, green scent, particularly after a summer shower. It lies 49.5 miles north-west of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 315°T), and is situated 13.8 miles south-south-west of El Dorado. Rolling hills, softened by decades of cultivation, give way to flatter, more heavily wooded expanses where the cypress and oak trees stand sentinel, their branches often draped with Spanish moss like ancient beards. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy perfume of pine needles and damp soil, a scent that clings to everything. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy in shifting patterns, illuminating patches of wildflowers and the occasional weathered fence post, hinting at the quiet persistence of life in this corner of Union Parish. The character of Junction City is deeply tied to the rich agricultural heritage of the region, a legacy of cotton fields and the enduring spirit of those who worked the land. While its economy has diversified over time, the echoes of its past are still palpable, a quiet hum beneath the surface of daily life. The presence of nearby waterways, though not grand rivers, has always been a subtle but significant influence, shaping the landscape and providing a vital resource for generations. This locality, like many in rural Louisiana, possesses a distinctive, unhurried rhythm, where community ties are strong and the changing seasons dictate the flow of days, a quiet testament to its enduring identity.
Live animated radar for Junction City 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 | Junction City, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 33.01375°N, 92.725158°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71749, 71256 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Junction City, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Junction City, 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 Junction City includes coordinates 33.013750°N, 92.725158°W, situated in Claiborne Parish. ZIP code 71749, 71256. Telephone area code: 318. 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.
