Parks, Louisiana Weather
Parks, 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 Parks, St. Martin Parish.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Parks.
About Parks, Louisiana
Parks unfolds as a verdant expanse where the rich, dark soil of southern Louisiana yields to a landscape of gentle slopes and meandering bayous. It lies 11.2 miles east of Lafayette, LA (from Lafayette, LA: bearing 93°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-north-east of Broussard. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient sentinels, stand guard along the water's edge, their Spanish moss a soft, gray veil against the perpetually humid air. The scent of damp earth and blooming magnolias hangs heavy, a fragrant testament to the region's subtropical embrace. Here, the sky is a vast canvas, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a late afternoon storm, a dramatic backdrop to the quiet persistence of life. The history of Parks is deeply intertwined with the fertile alluvial plains that have sustained agriculture for generations, particularly sugarcane, its stalks a rustling sea in the summer months. This agrarian heritage has shaped the very character of Parks, fostering a sense of rootedness and a reliance on the cycles of nature. While the economy has diversified, the echoes of the past remain in the weathered barns and the slow, deliberate pace of days. The nearby waterways, once arteries of commerce for steamboats, now offer a more tranquil flow, their surfaces reflecting the dappled sunlight and the enduring spirit of this Louisiana community.
Live animated radar for Parks 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.
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| Location | Parks, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.214366°N, 91.83206°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70582 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Parks, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Parks, 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 Parks includes coordinates 30.214366°N, 91.832060°W, situated in St. Martin Parish. ZIP code 70582. 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. 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.
