Monterey, Louisiana Weather
Monterey, 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 Monterey, Concordia Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Monterey. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Monterey is published on the Jonesville Airport (KL32) page, 22 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 Monterey 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 Monterey: Concordia Parish Airport (K0R4) 24 km · Natchez–Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field (KHEZ) 44 km · Jena Airport (K1R1) 48 km · Marksville Municipal Airport (KMKV) 52 km · Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport (KESF) 55 km
Conditions reported at KL32 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Monterey specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Monterey.
About Monterey, Louisiana
Monterey lives where the land begins to soften, where the broad Mississippi River’s influence is felt not in roaring currents, but in the rich, dark loam that holds the memory of floods and the promise of crops. It lies 43.9 miles east-north-east of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 77°T), and is situated 19.0 miles west-south-west of Vidalia. The air here hangs thick and sweet, especially in the late afternoon when the sun, a molten coin, sinks towards the western horizon, casting long, hazy shadows across fields of cotton and soybeans. Live oaks, gnarled and ancient, stand sentinel along the few roads that wind through the landscape, their branches draped with Spanish moss like tattered lace. The quiet hum of cicadas is the dominant sound, a constant, drowsy thrum that underscores the unhurried pace of life in this corner of Concordia Parish. It’s a place where the sky seems to expand, a vast canvas of soft blues and bruised purples as day gives way to night, and the distant, lowing of cattle becomes a lullaby. Monterey’s story is written in the fertile soil, a legacy of agriculture that has sustained its people for generations. The land’s bounty, primarily cotton and soybeans, still forms the backbone of its local economy, the tractors a familiar sight against the verdant backdrop. This is a place that remembers its past, where the whispers of early settlers and the echoes of a simpler time linger in the humid air. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist hubs, but a quiet dignity in the weathered farmhouses and the unassuming general store, places that have witnessed the ebb and flow of life in Monterey. It’s a community defined by its connection to the earth and the enduring spirit of those who have cultivated it, a quiet testament to resilience.
Live animated radar for Monterey 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 | Monterey, Concordia Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.449896°N, 91.718179°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70811, 71354 |
| Area Code | 985, 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Monterey, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Monterey, 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 Monterey includes coordinates 31.449896°N, 91.718179°W, situated in Concordia Parish. ZIP code 70811, 71354. Telephone area code: 985, 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.
