Sikes, Louisiana Weather
Sikes, 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, soil and crop conditions for Sikes, Winn Parish.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sikes.
About Sikes, Louisiana
Sikes unfolds like a breath held in the humid Louisiana air, a scatter of homes and businesses breathing softly under a sky that promises afternoon thunderstorms. It lies 36.6 miles south-west of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 216°T), and is situated 17.4 miles south-east of Jonesboro. Pine forests press in from all sides, their scent a constant companion, damp earth and resin mingling with the distant hum of cicadas. The land here is a gentle rise and fall, not dramatic but yielding, dotted with the occasional pond reflecting the broad, indifferent clouds. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in warm, golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the stillness. The very earth of Sikes whispers of its past, a quiet testament to the logging and farming that shaped its early days. The narrow roads, often bordered by ditches that hold water after a rain, speak of a slower time, a life tied to the cycles of nature and the bounty of the surrounding woods. Local families, generations deep, know the creek beds and the best fishing spots, their lives a quiet rhythm of work and community. The economy here still leans on the land, with small farms and timber operations providing the steady pulse, a resilience born from facing the elements and finding sustenance in the rich, dark soil.
Live animated radar for Sikes and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32.080993°N, 92.486812°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71473 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sikes, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sikes, 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 Sikes includes coordinates 32.080993°N, 92.486812°W, situated in Winn Parish. ZIP code 71473. 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. 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.
