New Iberia, Louisiana Weather
New Iberia, 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 for New Iberia, Iberia Parish.
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About New Iberia, Louisiana
New Iberia breathes a humid, languid air, a character etched by the bayous and the broad, slow sweep of the Vermilion River. It lies 19.4 miles south-east of Lafayette, LA (from Lafayette, LA: bearing 142°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south of St. Martinville. Cypress trees, draped in Spanish moss that hangs like ancient beards, stand sentinel along the water's edge, their roots submerged in the dark, rich soil that cradles this Louisiana settlement. The landscape here is a verdant embrace, a place where the land surrenders to water in a thousand intricate channels, reflecting a sky that often softens to a hazy, diffused light, particularly as the afternoon wanes. The very air hums with the distant drone of cicadas and the occasional, reedy call of a marsh bird, a constant, subtle soundtrack to the days. This Iberia Parish jewel carries a history as deep and layered as the alluvial soil it occupies, its founding intertwined with Spanish explorers and early French settlers, who found fertile ground for agriculture. The scent of sugarcane, a sweet, earthy perfume, still drifts on the breeze, a reminder of an industry that has shaped New Iberia's economy for generations, alongside rice and, more recently, oil and gas. The town’s distinctive Creole architecture, with its wide verandas and steeply pitched roofs, speaks of a resilience and a particular cultural fusion, a blend of European heritage and Caribbean influences, evident in its vibrant culinary traditions and the warm, welcoming spirit of its people. The nearby Avery Island, a salt dome rising unexpectedly from the flat terrain, adds another layer of distinctiveness, a geological anomaly that has yielded both salt and the fiery essence of Tabasco sauce, a globally recognized export born from this unique locale.
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| Location | New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.003536°N, 91.818728°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70560, 70562, 70563 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Iberia, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Iberia, 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 New Iberia includes coordinates 30.003536°N, 91.818728°W, situated in Iberia Parish. ZIP code 70560, 70562, 70563. Telephone area code: 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.
