McNary, Louisiana Weather
McNary, 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 McNary, Rapides Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near McNary. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for McNary is published on the Woodworth Airport (K1R4) page, 17 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 McNary 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 McNary: Allen Parish Airport (KACP) 28 km · Bunkie Municipal Airport (K2R6) 33 km · Alexandria International Airport (KAEX) 38 km · Marksville Municipal Airport (KMKV) 50 km · Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport (KESF) 53 km
Conditions reported at K1R4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at McNary specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for McNary.
About McNary, Louisiana
McNary rests in a gentle embrace of Louisiana's rolling terrain, where the air often carries the humid, earthy scent of the surrounding woodlands. It lies 23.7 miles south-south-west of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 199°T), and is situated 0.9 miles north-east of Glenmora. Pine forests, their tall trunks a deep, mossy green, stretch towards a sky that can shift from a pale, washed-out blue to a bruised, dramatic purple as storms gather on the horizon. The landscape is a subtle study in greens and browns, punctuated by the occasional splash of color from wild azaleas or the bright, persistent bloom of a roadside flower. A quietude pervades McNary, a stillness that seems to settle over the land like a fine dust, broken only by the distant hum of traffic or the call of a cicada. The history of McNary is tied to the very soil it occupies, a legacy of logging that carved out its initial existence from the dense forests. The echo of that industry still whispers through the area, though the local economy has broadened to include other pursuits, a steady hum of agriculture and small businesses maintaining the rhythm of daily life. The roads that wind through McNary feel well-worn, each curve hinting at generations of journeys taken, and the few scattered homes and businesses suggest a place where neighbors know each other's names and the passage of time is marked more by the changing seasons than by grand pronouncements.
Live animated radar for McNary 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 | McNary, Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.987413°N, 92.576251°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71433 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McNary, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McNary, 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 McNary includes coordinates 30.987413°N, 92.576251°W, situated in Rapides Parish. ZIP code 71433. 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. 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.
