Marksville, Louisiana Weather
Marksville, 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, soil and crop conditions for Marksville, Avoyelles Parish.
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About Marksville, Louisiana
Marksville breathes a humid, golden air, a languid exhalation from the surrounding alluvial plains. It lies 25.7 miles east-south-east of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 119°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north of Cottonport. The land here lies low, a generous, fertile basin shaped by the slow, persistent work of water, where bayous and cypress swamps lace the landscape like veins on an ancient hand. Fields of sugarcane, their stalks a vibrant emerald even in the midday heat, stretch towards a horizon softened by the haze of Louisiana's generous skies. The very light seems to pool in the ditches, reflecting the rich, dark earth and the patient, weathered faces of the live oaks that stand sentinel along the dusty roads, their limbs draped with Spanish moss like the beards of old storytellers. The history of Marksville is deeply entwined with the fertile crescent it occupies, a place where French colonial ambitions met the enduring cultures of the indigenous peoples who first called this land home. Long before the arrival of European settlers, the Tunica-Biloxi people established a significant presence, leaving behind a legacy that still echoes in the region's place names and traditions. This rich cultural confluence is a quiet undercurrent in the town’s rhythm, a gentle mingling of heritages that finds expression in local festivals and the enduring hospitality of its residents. The economy, once heavily reliant on the sugar plantations that defined much of the parish, now draws strength from a diverse agricultural base, with cattle ranching and rice cultivation also playing important roles, alongside the burgeoning tourism that is drawn to the unique natural beauty and historical resonance of Marksville.
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| Location | Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.127965°N, 92.066236°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71351 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Marksville, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Marksville, 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 Marksville includes coordinates 31.127965°N, 92.066236°W, situated in Avoyelles Parish. ZIP code 71351. 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. 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.
