Palmetto, Louisiana Weather
Palmetto, 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 Palmetto, Bossier Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Palmetto. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Palmetto is published on the Barksdale Air Force Base (KBAD) page, 15 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 Palmetto 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 Palmetto: Shreveport Downtown Airport (KDTN) 24 km · Shreveport Regional Airport (KSHV) 26 km · Minden Airport (KMNE) 37 km · C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport (K3F3) 41 km · Arcadia Bienville Parish Airport (K5F0) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Palmetto specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Palmetto.
About Palmetto, Louisiana
Palmetto lies low and wide under a sky that often bleeds into the horizon with a bruised, twilight purple. It lies 13.1 miles south-east of Bossier City, LA (from Bossier City, LA: bearing 129°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-south-west of Haughton. The land here is a gentle, yielding flatness, a subtle inclination towards the sluggish, meandering waterways that thread through it like veins of dark, shadowed silk. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, rise from the murky depths of bayous, their roots gripping the rich, alluvial soil with a tenacity born of centuries. The air itself carries a humid, earthy weight, a palpable presence that clings to the skin and whispers of damp earth and the slow decay of fallen leaves. In the hushed afternoons, the only sounds are the drone of cicadas and the distant, mournful cry of a lone bird, imbuing Palmetto with a profound sense of quietude. The history of Palmetto is as deep and as layered as the silt deposited by the Red River, a slow accumulation of lives and livelihoods tied to the land's bounty. Though no grand edifices mark its past, echoes of its agricultural roots can still be felt, a legacy of cotton fields and the quiet, persistent toil that shaped its early character. The local economy, once anchored by the rhythms of farming, now finds its pulse in the broader currents of commerce and industry that flow through Bossier Parish, a testament to Palmetto's enduring adaptability. Yet, a distinct flavor persists, a character forged by its relative isolation and the unhurried pace of life that allows for contemplation of the vast, often cloud-laden skies that preside over Palmetto.
Live animated radar for Palmetto 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 | Palmetto, Bossier Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.397099°N, 93.557675°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71051, 71358 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Palmetto, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Palmetto, 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 Palmetto includes coordinates 32.397099°N, 93.557675°W, situated in Bossier Parish. ZIP code 71051, 71358. 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.
