Monticello, Louisiana Weather
Monticello, 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 Monticello, East Carroll Parish.
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About Monticello, Louisiana
Monticello lies in a land where the sky feels vast and the air hums with the slow, deliberate pulse of Southern summer. It lies 42.7 miles east of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 82°T), and is situated 17.7 miles north-west of Tallulah. The landscape here is a tapestry of greens, from the deep, almost black, hue of the cypress knees that break the surface of stagnant bayous to the pale, sun-bleached gold of harvested cotton fields stretching to the horizon. Small homesteads, weathered by decades of humid heat and infrequent but violent storms, dot the terrain, their porches perpetually shaded, offering a quiet respite from the relentless sun. The soil itself, dark and rich, clings to your boots, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats beneath the surface, and in the late afternoon, the light takes on a thick, honeyed quality, coating everything in a soft, almost tangible glow before the cicadas begin their nightly symphony. This corner of East Carroll Parish carries the quiet weight of its history, a story largely written in the fertile soil and the flowing waters of the nearby Mississippi River. For generations, cotton was king, its cultivation shaping the very contours of the land and the lives of its inhabitants, and the legacy of those days, though faded, still whispers in the wind that rustles through the remaining pecan groves. While large-scale agriculture remains a cornerstone of the local economy, providing a steady, if unhurried, rhythm to daily life, there's a distinct sense of resilience here, a quiet pride in enduring the challenges of the Delta. Monticello itself, a place defined more by its gentle ebb and flow than by dramatic pronouncements, holds a certain understated charm, a place where time seems to stretch and contract in ways that defy easy explanation, much like the meandering bayous that thread through the surrounding countryside.
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| Location | Monticello, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.596526°N, 91.394004°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71254, 70814 |
| Area Code | 318, 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Monticello, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Monticello, 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 Monticello includes coordinates 32.596526°N, 91.394004°W, situated in East Carroll Parish. ZIP code 71254, 70814. Telephone area code: 318, 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.
