Old Jefferson, Louisiana Weather
Old Jefferson, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Old Jefferson, East Baton Rouge Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Old Jefferson. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Old Jefferson is published on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR) page, 21 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 Old Jefferson 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 Old Jefferson: Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) 24 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 53 km · False River Regional Airport (KHZR) 58 km · Hammond Northshore Regional Airport (KHDC) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBTR describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Old Jefferson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Old Jefferson, Louisiana
Old Jefferson lies low and languid beneath the broad Louisiana sky, a place where the air itself seems to carry the scent of damp earth and slow-moving water. It lies 6.1 miles north-north-west of Prairieville, LA (from Prairieville, LA: bearing 334°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-south-east of Baton Rouge. The landscape here is a gentle embrace of alluvial plains, the land softened by centuries of Mississippi River sediment, creating a terrain that slopes imperceptibly towards the water’s edge. Stately live oaks, draped in Spanish moss like ancient, contemplative elders, cast dappled shadows across the scattered homes and properties, their gnarled branches reaching out as if to hold the very essence of this humid, verdant territory. The roads, often lined with a dense growth of palmettos and tenacious wildflowers, curve rather than cut, following the natural contours of the land, and the quiet hum of cicadas is a constant companion, a sonic signature of the deep South’s summer heat. The history of Old Jefferson is inextricably bound to the mighty Mississippi, its fertile banks a magnet for those seeking to cultivate the land, and the echoes of those early agricultural ambitions still resonate. While much of the surrounding area now buzzes with the energy of Baton Rouge, Old Jefferson retains a more measured pace, a place where the past is not so much a monument as a subtle undercurrent in the daily lives of its residents. The local economy, once dominated by the agricultural bounty of sugar cane and cotton, has diversified, but the connection to the land remains, evident in the small farms and gardens that dot the landscape, and the occasional scent of woodsmoke drifting from chimneys. It’s a locality that feels lived-in, where the passage of time is marked not by grand pronouncements, but by the gradual weathering of barns, the slow growth of trees, and the enduring warmth of its people.
Live animated radar for Old Jefferson 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 | Old Jefferson, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.382692°N, 91.017047°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70817 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Old Jefferson, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Jefferson, 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 Old Jefferson includes coordinates 30.382692°N, 91.017047°W, situated in East Baton Rouge Parish. ZIP code 70817. 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. 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.
