Rayville, Louisiana Weather
Rayville, 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 Rayville, Richland Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rayville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rayville is published on the John H Hooks Jr Memorial Airport (KM79) page, 2 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. 6 airfields within reach of Rayville 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 Rayville: Delhi Municipal Airport (K0M9) 25 km · Monroe Regional Airport (KMLU) 27 km · Morehouse Memorial Airport (KBQP) 33 km · Caldwell Parish Airport (KF86) 48 km · Kelly Airport (K9M6) 53 km
Conditions reported at KM79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rayville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Rayville, Louisiana
Rayville rests in the heart of Northeast Louisiana, a place where the land unfurls in broad, fertile plains, softened by the gentle sweep of bayous and the occasional dense stand of cypress. It lies 21.4 miles east of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 96°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east of Start. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of rich, dark earth and the sweet perfume of blooming honeysuckle, a fragrance that clings to the landscape like a warm blanket. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, can be astonishingly bright, illuminating the emerald green of the cultivated fields and casting long, dancing shadows from the venerable oaks that line the roadsides. The very character of Rayville seems to be shaped by this generous, yielding terrain, a quiet resilience evident in the weathered clapboard houses and the unhurried way life unfolds. The history of Rayville is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of the Mississippi Delta, a story written in the cultivation of cotton and, more recently, soybeans and corn. The rich alluvial soil, deposited over millennia by the mighty Mississippi River, has long been the engine of the local economy, drawing settlers and shaping the community's identity. Echoes of this past can be found in the faded grandeur of old farmhouses and the enduring legacy of family farms. The Ouachita River, a vital artery for transportation and sustenance, flows nearby, its presence a constant reminder of the watery veins that crisscross this part of Louisiana, fostering a connection to the natural world that remains palpable in the rhythm of daily life in Rayville.
Live animated radar for Rayville 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 | Rayville, Richland Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.477364°N, 91.754847°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71269 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rayville, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rayville, 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 Rayville includes coordinates 32.477364°N, 91.754847°W, situated in Richland Parish. ZIP code 71269. Telephone area code: 318. 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.
