Port Sulphur, Louisiana Weather
Port Sulphur, 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 Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish.
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About Port Sulphur, Louisiana
Port Sulphur lies low, a testament to the persistent embrace of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 37.9 miles south-east of Marrero, LA (from Marrero, LA: bearing 140°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-west of Empire. Here, the land is a damp, verdant sprawl, where cypress knees punctuate the muddy banks and the air hangs thick with the brine of salt marshes and the sweet decay of marsh grass. The sky is a vast, often bruised canvas, bleeding into the hazy horizon where the muddy river, a restless brown serpent, finally surrenders its silt to the sea. Life in Port Sulphur moves with the languid, deliberate flow of the tides, punctuated by the distant hum of industry and the squawk of unseen marsh birds. The history of Port Sulphur is inextricably linked to the bounty and the brute force of its watery domain. Once a vital hub for sulphur extraction, the very ground here bears the imprint of that industrial past, a reminder of the raw materials wrested from the earth. Today, the economy is a more diffuse, yet equally dependent, affair, anchored by the enduring presence of oil and gas operations that stretch like skeletal fingers across the landscape, and the continued, though changed, fishing traditions that have sustained generations. The waterways, a labyrinth of bayous and channels, are not just scenery; they are the arteries of commerce and sustenance, carrying the lifeblood of Port Sulphur from its docks to the wider world.
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| Location | Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.480495°N, 89.693953°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70083 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Port Sulphur, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Sulphur, 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 Sulphur includes coordinates 29.480495°N, 89.693953°W, situated in Plaquemines Parish. ZIP code 70083. Telephone area code: 504. 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.
