Oak Ridge, Louisiana Weather
Oak Ridge, 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 Oak Ridge, Jackson Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Oak Ridge. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Oak Ridge is published on the Ruston Regional Airport (KRSN) page, 16 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 Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge: Jonesboro Airport (KF88) 29 km · Union Parish Airport (KF87) 41 km · Arcadia Bienville Parish Airport (K5F0) 45 km · Monroe Regional Airport (KMLU) 46 km · David G Joyce Airport (K0R5) 49 km
Conditions reported at KRSN describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oak Ridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oak Ridge.
About Oak Ridge, Louisiana
Oak Ridge exhales a quiet breath of damp earth and pine needles, a place where the Louisiana sun filters through a dense canopy, painting shifting mosaics on the rust-colored soil. It lies 24.4 miles west-south-west of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 249°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north-north-west of Chatham. The landscape here is a gentle, rolling terrain, defined by the verdant embrace of hardwood forests and the occasional glint of water in narrow creeks that thread their way through the undergrowth. The air, especially after a summer shower, carries the sweet, cloying scent of magnolias and the fainter, more distant promise of ripening pecans. Life in Oak Ridge moves with the languid grace of the Southern afternoon, a slow unfolding where the rustle of leaves often seems to be the loudest sound. The history of Oak Ridge is deeply entwined with the fertile lands and the timber that once dominated this corner of the parish. Early settlers found sustenance and livelihood in the rich soil, cultivating crops that would feed families and, in some measure, the wider region. The economy, though diversified now, still feels the echo of those agricultural roots, with farming and forestry remaining significant threads in its fabric. It is a place where the past is not so much forgotten as it is subtly present, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life, evident in the weathered barns and the enduring sense of community that defines Oak Ridge.
Live animated radar for Oak Ridge 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 | Oak Ridge, Jackson Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.382096°N, 92.509312°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70460, 70401, 71264 |
| Area Code | 985, 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oak Ridge, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oak Ridge, 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 Oak Ridge includes coordinates 32.382096°N, 92.509312°W, situated in Jackson Parish. ZIP code 70460, 70401, 71264. 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.
