Montegut, 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 Montegut, St. John the Baptist Parish.
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Montegut lies low and green, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and the languid breath of bayous. It lies 1.3 miles west-north-west of Laplace, LA (from Laplace, LA: bearing 282°T), and is situated 3.2 miles east-north-east of Reserve. The land here is a generous sprawl of sugarcane fields, their stalks rustling like dry whispers in the humid breeze, interspersed with patches of cypress swamp where gnarled trees stand sentinel in the murky water. Ditches, like veins, crisscross the landscape, carrying the slow, dark flow of the waterways that define this corner of Louisiana, their surfaces often broken by the silent glide of a turtle or the sudden flash of a heron’s wing. The sky overhead is a vast, often bruised canvas, particularly at dusk, when the light bleeds into shades of lavender and bruised peach, casting long, distorted shadows across the flat terrain. The history of Montegut is written in the soil and the slow passage of generations who coaxed a living from this rich, alluvial ground. For decades, the sugar industry has been the lifeblood of the region, the processing plants a constant hum in the background of daily existence, their sweet, earthy aroma drifting on the wind. This agrarian rhythm has shaped the character of Montegut, fostering a deep connection to the land and a quiet resilience in its people, who understand the caprices of flood and sun. While not a place of grand monuments, its distinctiveness lies in this persistent, unpretentious engagement with the natural world, a continuity that feels as enduring as the slow-moving waters themselves.
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| Location | Montegut, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.070757°N, 90.50203°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70068, 70377 |
| Area Code | 504, 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Montegut, 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 Montegut includes coordinates 30.070757°N, 90.502030°W, situated in St. John the Baptist Parish. ZIP code 70068, 70377. Telephone area code: 504, 985. 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.