Oakdale, Louisiana Weather
Oakdale, 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 Oakdale, Allen Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Oakdale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Oakdale is published on the Allen Parish Airport (KACP) page, 8 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. 5 airfields within reach of Oakdale 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 Oakdale: Woodworth Airport (K1R4) 38 km · Bunkie Municipal Airport (K2R6) 44 km · Polk Army Air Field (KPOE) 57 km · Alexandria International Airport (KAEX) 58 km
Conditions reported at KACP describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oakdale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oakdale.
About Oakdale, Louisiana
Oakdale sprawls across the low, rolling terrain of Allen Parish, a place where the air hangs thick and humid, carrying the scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 36.5 miles south-south-west of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 200°T), and is situated 19.1 miles north-west of Mamou. The landscape is a mosaic of dense pine forests, interspersed with patches of bottomland hardwoods that hug the slow-moving waterways. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, casts a dappled, almost ethereal glow on the forest floor, a fleeting beauty that speaks of the encroaching humidity of summer. The character of Oakdale is one of quiet resilience, a community settled into the rhythms of its natural surroundings, where the broad, flat expanse of the land dictates a certain unhurried pace of life. The history of Oakdale is deeply entwined with the timber industry that once thrummed through this region, its economy built on the abundant pine forests that still dominate the horizon. Sawmills, their towering smokestacks long since quieted, are ghost reminders of a more boisterous era, their skeletal remains often reclaimed by the persistent vines and moss that drape the Louisiana landscape. Today, while logging and agriculture still play a role, the pulse of Oakdale beats with a more diversified rhythm, a testament to the adaptability of its people. The local waterways, though not grand rivers, offer quietude and recreation, a subtle counterpoint to the industrious past, and the persistent green of the surrounding flora provides a constant, soothing presence.
Live animated radar for Oakdale 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 | Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.816028°N, 92.660421°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71463 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oakdale, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oakdale, 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 Oakdale includes coordinates 30.816028°N, 92.660421°W, situated in Allen Parish. ZIP code 71463. Telephone area code: 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.
