Oak Ridge, Louisiana Weather
Oak Ridge, 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 Oak Ridge, Jackson Parish.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
