Prairieville, Louisiana Weather
Prairieville, 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 Prairieville, Ascension Parish.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
