New Sarpy, Louisiana Weather
New Sarpy, 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 New Sarpy, St. Charles Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near New Sarpy. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for New Sarpy is published on the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) page, 12 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 New Sarpy 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 New Sarpy: Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 22 km · Lakefront Airport (KNEW) 35 km · New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) 38 km · Houma Terrebonne Airport (KHUM) 53 km · Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) 57 km
Conditions reported at KMSY describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at New Sarpy specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for New Sarpy.
About New Sarpy, Louisiana
New Sarpy unfolds along the broad, languid sweep of the Mississippi River, a place where the humid Louisiana air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and distant refineries. It lies 8.2 miles south-east of Laplace, LA (from Laplace, LA: bearing 138°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west of Kenner. Cypress trees, their knees gnarled and ancient, stand sentinel along the bayou edges, their branches draped with Spanish moss that catches the diffused sunlight like tattered lace. The land itself is a low, flat expanse, rich and yielding, crisscrossed by drainage ditches that snake through fields of sugarcane, their emerald stalks rustling a ceaseless, whispered conversation with the wind. Along the river levee, a constant procession of barges and towboats churns the muddy water, their horns a deep, resonant call that echoes across the wetlands, a sound as much a part of the landscape as the chirping of unseen insects in the twilight. The history of New Sarpy is etched in the fertile soil and the industry that has long drawn life from this riverine environment. Established as a plantation settlement, its fortunes became intrinsically linked to the cultivation of sugarcane, a crop that shaped the very character of the parish and its people. Later, the discovery of oil and gas brought a new wave of economic activity, transforming the quiet agricultural landscape into a hub of industrial might, with towering distillation units and complex pipelines now punctuating the horizon. The legacy of these past endeavors is palpable, a blend of agrarian heritage and industrial dynamism that continues to define the unique rhythm of life in New Sarpy, where the past and present flow together like the very river that defines it.
Live animated radar for New Sarpy 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 | New Sarpy, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.977982°N, 90.387859°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70047, 70078 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Sarpy, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Sarpy, 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 New Sarpy includes coordinates 29.977982°N, 90.387859°W, situated in St. Charles Parish. ZIP code 70047, 70078. Telephone area code: 504. 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.
