Laplace, Louisiana Weather
Laplace, 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 for Laplace, St. John the Baptist Parish.
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About Laplace, Louisiana
Laplace lies under a sky that often spills a thick, humid warmth, a place where the air itself feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and distant sugar cane. It lies 15.1 miles west-north-west of Kenner, LA (from Kenner, LA: bearing 289°T), and is situated 4.4 miles east-north-east of Reserve. The landscape here is a study in the subtle flatness of the delta, broken by the serpentine grace of bayous and the straight, purposeful lines of drainage canals. Live oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like aged beards, stand sentinel over low-lying fields that stretch toward horizons softened by the persistent haze. The very character of Laplace is one of patient endurance, a quiet acceptance of the slow, relentless processes of water and earth, where the sun, when it breaks through, casts a brilliant, almost liquid light on everything it touches. This is a land shaped by the Mississippi River, its history interwoven with the ebb and flow of its mighty waters and the rich alluvial soil it deposited over millennia. For generations, the economy of Laplace has been tied to the bounty of the land, with sugar cane plantations once dominating the scenery and their legacy still subtly present in the landscape and the enduring agricultural spirit. More recently, the petrochemical industry has brought a different kind of industrial hum to the region, its pipelines and facilities a modern counterpoint to the ancient waterways. Yet, the heart of Laplace remains connected to its roots, a place where fishing boats still ply the local waterways and the traditions of Cajun culture lend a unique flavor to daily life, a rhythm punctuated by the occasional call of a distant train whistle.
Live animated radar for Laplace 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 | Laplace, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.066591°N, 90.480085°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70068 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Laplace, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laplace, 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 Laplace includes coordinates 30.066591°N, 90.480085°W, situated in St. John the Baptist Parish. ZIP code 70068. 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. 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.
