Paulina, 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 Paulina, St. James Parish.
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Paulina exists as a quiet breath along the Mississippi River's fertile embrace. It lies 14.2 miles west of Laplace, LA (from Laplace, LA: bearing 259°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west of Reserve. The air here, thick with the scent of damp earth and distant sugarcane, hangs heavy in the humid Louisiana afternoons, broken only by the insistent hum of cicadas. Wide, flat fields stretch towards the horizon, a patchwork of emerald and gold, punctuated by the occasional stand of live oaks draped in Spanish moss, their branches reaching out like ancient, gnarled fingers. The land itself feels yielding, soft underfoot, a testament to the alluvial deposits that have shaped this place for millennia, cradling a landscape that breathes with a slow, deliberate pulse. The history of Paulina is intrinsically tied to the river that defines its existence, a lifeline for commerce and community since its earliest days. This stretch of land once echoed with the labor of sugar plantations, a legacy that continues to inform the local economy through the cultivation of sugarcane, its sweet, sticky harvest still a defining feature of the annual cycle. Beyond agriculture, a subtle vein of industry runs through Paulina, the quiet thrum of machinery a low counterpoint to the rustling cane fields. The very character of Paulina is etched by the confluence of these elements, a place where the past whispers from the weathered barns and the present hums with the steady work of its people, a resilience born from the rich, dark soil and the ever-present, powerful flow of the Mississippi.
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| Location | Paulina, St. James Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.026313°N, 90.713147°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70763 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paulina, 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 Paulina includes coordinates 30.026313°N, 90.713147°W, situated in St. James Parish. ZIP code 70763. 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.