Pleasant Hill, 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 Pleasant Hill, Jackson Parish.
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Pleasant Hill rests in a landscape where the earth gently swells and recedes, a soft topography veiled by the dense, humid embrace of Louisiana’s pine and hardwood forests. It lies 27.8 miles south-west of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 221°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Chatham. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, damp scent of decaying leaves and the resinous tang of pine needles, a perfume that clings to the skin. Sunlight, when it penetrates the thick canopy, falls in broad, diffused shafts, illuminating the rich, dark loam underfoot and catching the iridescent shimmer of unseen insects that dance in the still air. The very silence seems to hum with the unseen lives of the woods, a quietude broken only by the occasional rustle of a passing deer or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling high above the verdant expanse. This pocket of Jackson Parish, Pleasant Hill, has long been shaped by the land’s yielding bounty and the resilience of its inhabitants. Historically, agriculture has been the bedrock of its economy, with cotton and later timber dominating the fields and clearings that punctuate the dense woodlands. The soil, a fertile clay, has sustained generations, and the rhythm of planting and harvest, of felling and milling, has imprinted itself upon the local character. While the grand plantations of other regions are absent, the legacy of hard work and self-sufficiency is palpable, evident in the well-tended yards and the quiet pride with which residents speak of their heritage. The presence of small, family-owned businesses, often tucked away on side roads, speaks to a continuity of local enterprise, a steadfast refusal to be entirely swept away by broader economic currents.
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| Location | Pleasant Hill, Jackson Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.206545°N, 92.433478°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71270, 71028, 71019, 71065 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pleasant Hill, 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 Pleasant Hill includes coordinates 32.206545°N, 92.433478°W, situated in Jackson Parish. ZIP code 71270, 71028, 71019, 71065. 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. 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.