Lockport, Louisiana Weather
Lockport, 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 Lockport, Lafourche Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lockport. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lockport is published on the Houma Terrebonne Airport (KHUM) page, 15 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 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: South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO) 35 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 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lockport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Lockport, Louisiana
Lockport sits low, where the vast, slow-moving waters of the Barataria Waterway meet the Gulf’s humid breath. It lies 11.4 miles east-north-east of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 72°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east of Bayou Blue. The land here is flat, a generous spread of green that yields easily to the persistent presence of water, whether it’s the broad canal of the waterway itself or the intricate filigree of bayous that thread through the landscape. Spanish moss, like tattered lace, drapes from the live oaks that stand sentinel, their roots anchored deep in the rich, dark soil. The air hangs heavy, carrying the faint, briny tang of the coast and the sweet, decaying perfume of marsh flora. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast sky, has a buttery quality, illuminating the weathered wood of stilt houses and the glint of scales on fishing boats bobbing gently at their moorings. This is a place shaped by the ebb and flow of water and the hardy spirit of those who make their living from it. For generations, Lockport’s economy has been tied to the bounty of the Gulf and the inland waterways, a legacy evident in the bustling docks and the constant hum of outboard motors. The shrimp and oyster industries, though facing their own currents of change, remain the lifeblood of Lockport, providing sustenance and a distinct cultural identity. History whispers here, in the names of families who have fished these waters for centuries and in the quiet dignity of the old churches that punctuate the landscape, their steeples reaching for a sky that often mirrors the shifting moods of the sea. The rhythm of life in Lockport is dictated by the tides and the seasons, a steady cadence that has endured long after the first settlers arrived.
Live animated radar for Lockport 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, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.646047°N, 90.539252°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, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lockport, 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 includes coordinates 29.646047°N, 90.539252°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.
