Marrero, Louisiana Weather
Marrero, 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 Marrero, Jefferson Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Marrero. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Marrero is published on the New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) page, 10 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. 6 airfields within reach of Marrero 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 Marrero: Lakefront Airport (KNEW) 17 km · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) 19 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 51 km · South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO) 53 km · Slidell Airport (KASD) 56 km
Conditions reported at KNBG describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Marrero specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Marrero, Louisiana
Marrero unfurls its broad, green shoulders along the West Bank of the Mississippi River, a place where the humid breath of the South hangs heavy in the air. It lies 4.1 miles south-south-west of New Orleans, LA (from New Orleans, LA: bearing 202°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-east of Metairie. Cypress knees, like ancient, gnarled knuckles, grip the muddy banks, their reflections shimmering in the slow-moving, tea-colored water. Beyond the levees, the landscape flattens into a verdant expanse of marsh and bayou, a watery labyrinth where egrets stalk with silent grace and the distant hum of traffic on the elevated highway becomes a soft, persistent murmur. Here, the light at dusk possesses a peculiar quality, painting the sky in bruised purples and fiery oranges that bleed into the hazy, twilight atmosphere, a daily benediction of color across the low-lying terrain. The history of Marrero is deeply entwined with the ebb and flow of the mighty river it guards, a story of agriculture and industry shaped by the fertile delta soil. Once primarily a farming community, its economy has evolved, drawing strength from its strategic position as a gateway to the industrial corridor that stretches along the river’s edge. Warehouses and processing plants now stand as markers of this transformation, though the echoes of a more pastoral past can still be found in the quiet residential streets where oak trees drip with Spanish moss and the scent of jasmine drifts on the evening breeze. Generations have called Marrero home, forging a unique cultural character, a resilient spirit that embraces both the traditions of Louisiana and the dynamism of its present, a place where the rhythm of life is set by the river's steady pulse and the ever-present, warm embrace of the Gulf Coast climate.
Live animated radar for Marrero 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 | Marrero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.899372°N, 90.100351°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70072, 70073 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Marrero, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Marrero, 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 Marrero includes coordinates 29.899372°N, 90.100351°W, situated in Jefferson Parish. ZIP code 70072, 70073. 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. 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.
