Prairieville, Louisiana Weather
Prairieville, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Prairieville, Ascension Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Prairieville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Prairieville is published on the Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) page, 15 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 Prairieville 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 Prairieville: Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR) 31 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 44 km · Hammond Northshore Regional Airport (KHDC) 58 km
Conditions reported at KREG describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prairieville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Prairieville, Louisiana
Prairieville unfolds under a sky that often stretches, vast and luminous, across its flat expanse. It lies 14.9 miles south-east of Baton Rouge, LA (from Baton Rouge, LA: bearing 133°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south-south-east of Shenandoah. The landscape here is a gentle, broad sweep, a place where the earth seems to exhale, offering wide-open views punctuated by the stoic grace of live oaks and the vibrant green of cultivated fields. The air, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and blooming honeysuckle, a perfume that clings to the senses like the slow, steady pulse of life itself. Here, the land is not a dramatic pronouncement but a quiet, persistent presence, shaping the very character of its inhabitants with a subtle, unwavering influence. The history of Prairieville is deeply entwined with the fertile lands that have sustained it, a legacy of agriculture that once defined its economy and continues to whisper through its present. Once a vital hub for sugarcane and cotton, the echoes of those endeavors can still be felt in the enduring spirit of the place, even as its economic landscape has broadened to include a thriving retail sector and a growing residential character. It’s a place where the rhythm of the seasons still holds sway, where the past is not a relic but a foundation, and where the simple act of watching the sun dip below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of apricot and rose, feels like a daily benediction.
Live animated radar for Prairieville 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 | Prairieville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.302972°N, 90.972045°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70769 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prairieville, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prairieville, 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 Prairieville includes coordinates 30.302972°N, 90.972045°W, situated in Ascension Parish. ZIP code 70769. 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.
