Ossun, Louisiana Weather
Ossun, 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 Ossun, Lafayette Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ossun. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ossun is published on the Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT) page, 14 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 Ossun 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 Ossun: St Landry Parish Ahart Field (KOPL) 31 km · Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (KIYA) 34 km · Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) 34 km · Le Gros Memorial Airport (K3R2) 38 km · Jennings Airport (K3R7) 54 km
Conditions reported at KLFT describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ossun specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ossun.
About Ossun, Louisiana
Ossun breathes a particular kind of Louisiana air, thick with the promise of rain and the scent of sun-baked earth. It lies 6.6 miles west-north-west of Lafayette, LA (from Lafayette, LA: bearing 303°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south-west of Carencro. The landscape here is a gentle sweep of sugarcane fields, their emerald stalks reaching towards a sky that can shift from an impossible cerulean to a bruised, dramatic grey in a matter of hours. Low-lying prairies, dotted with the occasional live oak draped in Spanish moss, roll out towards the horizon, a soft green canvas under the vast, humid sky. The roads, often lined with dense stands of pine and tenacious wildflowers, wind their way through this verdant expanse, leading to clusters of homes where porches invite slow afternoons and the hum of cicadas is a constant, drowsy chorus. The history of Ossun is etched not in grand monuments but in the slow, steady cultivation of the land. For generations, the rich alluvial soil has yielded bountiful harvests, primarily sugarcane, forming the backbone of the local economy. This agricultural legacy, though evolving, still defines the character of Ossun, a place where the rhythm of planting and harvest dictates a more deliberate pace of life. Echoes of Acadian heritage whisper through the community, a gentle reminder of the resilient spirit that settled these fertile plains. You can still feel it in the way neighbors gather, in the shared meals and the easy camaraderie that underpins the quiet existence of Ossun.
Live animated radar for Ossun 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 | Ossun, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.276034°N, 92.112345°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70583, 70520 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ossun, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ossun, 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 Ossun includes coordinates 30.276034°N, 92.112345°W, situated in Lafayette Parish. ZIP code 70583, 70520. 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.
