Rock Hill, Louisiana Weather
Rock Hill, 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 Rock Hill, Grant Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rock Hill. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rock Hill is published on the Alexandria International Airport (KAEX) page, 14 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 Rock Hill 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 Rock Hill: Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport (KESF) 27 km · Woodworth Airport (K1R4) 36 km · Jena Airport (K1R1) 46 km · David G Joyce Airport (K0R5) 58 km · Natchitoches Regional Airport (KIER) 59 km
Conditions reported at KAEX describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rock Hill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rock Hill.
About Rock Hill, Louisiana
Rock Hill rises from the rolling Louisiana landscape, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, particularly after a summer shower. It lies 12.0 miles north-west of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 322°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-north-west of Ball. The terrain, a gentle swell of red clay, supports stands of mature oak and the occasional towering loblolly pine, their branches reaching skyward like gnarled fingers. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, casts a soft, diffused glow, illuminating the emerald green of the undergrowth and the dusty, pale grey of the unpaved roads that thread through the scattered homes. Here, the quiet is profound, punctuated only by the distant drone of cicadas or the sudden, sharp call of a crow. The history of Rock Hill is entwined with the logging and timber industry that once pulsed through this corner of Grant Parish, leaving behind a legacy of cleared land and the enduring presence of sawmills, though their roar has long since faded. Small family farms still dot the landscape, their fields of soybeans and corn a testament to generations of hard work, the economy here a quiet, persistent hum rather than a boisterous chorus. The Red River, a significant artery of commerce and life in these parts, lies a short distance away, its slow, brown waters a constant, unhurried presence in the collective memory of Rock Hill.
Live animated radar for Rock Hill 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 | Rock Hill, Grant Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.447122°N, 92.570976°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71417 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rock Hill, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock Hill, 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 Rock Hill includes coordinates 31.447122°N, 92.570976°W, situated in Grant Parish. ZIP code 71417. 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.
