Lockport Heights, Louisiana Weather
Lockport Heights, 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 Lockport Heights, Lafourche Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lockport Heights. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lockport Heights is published on the Houma Terrebonne Airport (KHUM) page, 14 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 Lockport Heights 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 Lockport Heights: South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO) 36 km · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) 47 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 49 km · New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) 53 km
Conditions reported at KHUM describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lockport Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lockport Heights.
About Lockport Heights, Louisiana
Lockport Heights breathes a humid, verdant stillness, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of marsh grass and the distant hum of unseen insects. It lies 11.1 miles east-north-east of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 70°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east of Bayou Blue. The landscape here is a study in low, flat expanses, crisscrossed by murky bayous and canals that snake like dark veins through the land. Cypress trees, their knees gnarled and ancient, stand sentinel at the water's edge, their Spanish moss draped like tattered veils. Sunlight, when it penetrates the dense canopy, falls in diffuse, watery shafts, illuminating the iridescent sheen on dragonfly wings and the slow drift of fallen leaves. The very ground feels saturated, a sponge holding the slow, deliberate pulse of the Gulf Coast. The history of Lockport Heights is deeply entwined with the rhythm of its waterways and the bounty they provide. For generations, this area has been a vital artery for the fishing and shrimping industries, a place where livelihoods are still drawn directly from the briny depths of the Gulf and the brackish embrace of the bayous. The distinctive character of Lockport Heights is shaped by this enduring connection to the water, a character reflected in the sturdy, weathered facades of the homes and the unhurried cadence of life. The legacy of Cajun culture is palpable, carried in the lilting accents, the robust flavors of the local cuisine, and a deep-seated resilience forged by the ebb and flow of tides and seasons.
Live animated radar for Lockport Heights 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 | Lockport Heights, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.650491°N, 90.546475°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70374 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lockport Heights, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lockport Heights, 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 Lockport Heights includes coordinates 29.650491°N, 90.546475°W, situated in Lafourche Parish. ZIP code 70374. 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.
