Port Vincent, Louisiana Weather
Port Vincent, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Port Vincent, Livingston Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Port Vincent. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Port Vincent is published on the Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) page, 20 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 4 airfields within reach of Port Vincent have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Port Vincent: Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR) 36 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 38 km · Hammond Northshore Regional Airport (KHDC) 46 km
Conditions reported at KREG describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Port Vincent specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Port Vincent.
About Port Vincent, Louisiana
Port Vincent rests at the edge of the Amite River's embrace, a place where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of magnolias and the distant hum of cicadas. It lies 7.6 miles east-north-east of Prairieville, LA (from Prairieville, LA: bearing 74°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-north-east of Gonzales. The landscape here is a gentle sprawl of live oaks draped in Spanish moss, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards a sky that often bleeds into shades of bruised lavender and fiery orange at dusk. Low-slung houses, painted in sun-bleached pastels and faded blues, seem to lean into the humid air, their porches adorned with rocking chairs and potted ferns. The Amite River itself, a broad, languid ribbon of water, dictates the rhythm of life, its surface reflecting the verdant banks and the occasional glimpse of a egret poised in patient stillness. The history of Port Vincent is as steeped in the languid flow of the river as the cypress knees are in its silt. Once a vital hub for steamboat traffic and timber, its economy has since shifted, finding new life in the bountiful fishing grounds that dot the surrounding waterways and the steady draw of its quiet charm for those seeking a slower pace. The local seafood, hauled in fresh from the Gulf and the river's bounty, is a point of pride, often celebrated at small, unpretentious gatherings where stories are shared and laughter spills into the warm night air. While grand historical monuments are absent, the very character of Port Vincent, its resilience and its deep connection to the water, speaks volumes of the generations who have called this sun-drenched corner of Louisiana home.
Live animated radar for Port Vincent 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Port Vincent, Livingston Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.333805°N, 90.849542°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70726 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Port Vincent, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Vincent, Louisiana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Vincent includes coordinates 30.333805°N, 90.849542°W, situated in Livingston Parish. ZIP code 70726. 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. 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.
