Lafourche Crossing, Louisiana Weather
Lafourche Crossing, 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 Lafourche Crossing, Lafourche Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lafourche Crossing. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lafourche Crossing is published on the Houma Terrebonne Airport (KHUM) page, 25 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 Lafourche Crossing 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 Lafourche Crossing: Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 40 km · Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) 48 km · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) 55 km · Harry P Williams Memorial Airport (KPTN) 55 km
Conditions reported at KHUM describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lafourche Crossing specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lafourche Crossing.
About Lafourche Crossing, Louisiana
Lafourche Crossing rests in the humid embrace of South Louisiana, where the land flattens and exhales the scent of damp earth and sun-warmed sugarcane. It lies 12.2 miles north-north-west of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 346°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north of Bayou Cane. The mighty Lafourche Bayou, a serpentine artery of brown water, cleaves the landscape, its banks fringed with a riot of cypress knees and drooping Spanish moss, casting an emerald shadow over the shimmering, sun-baked asphalt. Here, the air hangs heavy and still, broken only by the drone of unseen insects and the occasional distant bellow of a boat horn navigating the waterway. Palmetto fronds rustle with a dry whisper against weathered clapboard houses, their porches perpetually shaded, offering a brief respite from the relentless, pervasive warmth that seems to bake the very soul of Lafourche Crossing. The history of Lafourche Crossing is as entwined with its bayou as the roots of the ancient oaks that guard its shores. For generations, this place has been a vital nexus for the region's agricultural heart, a silent witness to the rise and fall of sugarcane empires and the enduring resilience of its people. The economy, once wholly dependent on the bounty of the fertile soil and the navigable waters, now sees a subtle shift, though the echoes of that past linger in the weathered facades of the general stores and the quiet hum of shrimp boats heading out to the Gulf. Local traditions, passed down through families like heirlooms, speak of a deep connection to the land and water, a rhythm of life dictated by seasons and tides, a quiet strength forged in the face of hurricanes and floods.
Live animated radar for Lafourche Crossing 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.
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| Location | Lafourche Crossing, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.7675°N, 90.7697°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70301 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lafourche Crossing, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lafourche Crossing, 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 Lafourche Crossing includes coordinates 29.767500°N, 90.769700°W, situated in Lafourche Parish. ZIP code 70301. 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.
