Port Allen, Louisiana Weather
Port Allen, 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 for Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish.
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About Port Allen, Louisiana
Port Allen, a West Baton Rouge Parish jewel, unfurls along the western bank of the mighty Mississippi River. It lies 3.3 miles west of Baton Rouge, LA (from Baton Rouge, LA: bearing 272°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-south-west of Baker. The air here carries the humid, verdant scent of the Louisiana low country, a constant perfume of damp earth and burgeoning greenery. Beyond the immediate, weathered levee, broad fields stretch, their contours softened by the persistent moisture, giving way to stands of cypress and oak draped in Spanish moss, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers toward a sky that often blazes with an almost impossibly bright, humid light. The land itself seems to breathe, a slow, deep exhale of the river's passage. The history of Port Allen is intrinsically tied to the river's commerce, a legacy of steamboats and barges that once plied these waters, carrying the bounty of sugarcane and cotton to distant ports. Its economy, though diversified, still echoes this heritage, with a strong presence in agriculture and a continuing role in the transport of goods. The distinctive silhouette of the Mississippi River Bridge, a concrete titan connecting Port Allen to its eastern neighbor, serves as a constant reminder of this vital artery and the industries it has sustained. Local life moves with a cadence dictated by the sun and the seasons, a quiet resilience born from generations of living in partnership with the powerful forces of nature.
Live animated radar for Port Allen and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.452135°N, 91.210108°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70767 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Port Allen, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Allen, 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 Port Allen includes coordinates 30.452135°N, 91.210108°W, situated in West Baton Rouge Parish. ZIP code 70767. 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.
