Slaughter, Louisiana Weather
Slaughter, 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 Slaughter, East Feliciana Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Slaughter. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Slaughter is published on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR) page, 20 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. 2 airfields within reach of Slaughter 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 Slaughter: False River Regional Airport (KHZR) 32 km
Conditions reported at KBTR describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Slaughter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Slaughter.
About Slaughter, Louisiana
Slaughter slumbers under a sky that often weeps a soft, insistent rain, nurturing the rich, alluvial soil of East Feliciana Parish. It lies 12.9 miles north-north-west of Central, LA (from Central, LA: bearing 331°T), and is situated 4.8 miles north of Zachary. Here, the land unfolds in a gentle, rolling embrace, not dramatic peaks, but a quiet, verdant swell that cradles the bayous and creeks meandering like silver threads through emerald forests. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, rise from the dark, still waters, mirroring the moss-draped oaks that stand sentinel over the landscape, their branches heavy with the humid breath of the Deep South. The air itself carries a certain weight, a thick, sweet perfume of pine needles, damp earth, and the distant, subtle scent of blooming magnolias, especially potent in the lingering twilight when the cicadas begin their nightly chorus. The history of Slaughter is as deeply rooted as the venerable oaks that shade its dusty roads, a story whispered in the creak of old wooden porches and the rustle of sugarcane fields. Once a vital stop along the railway lines that stitched this region together, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the land, primarily agriculture, with sugarcane and timber shaping its character for generations. Though the railway's roar has faded, a quiet industry persists, a testament to the resilience of its people. Scattered remnants of its past, like forgotten cemeteries and the weathered facades of antebellum structures, hint at a time of greater bustle, but today, Slaughter moves to a more measured cadence, a place where the days are measured by the sun's slow arc and the quiet hum of rural life.
Live animated radar for Slaughter 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 | Slaughter, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.717406°N, 91.141496°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70777 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Slaughter, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Slaughter, 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 Slaughter includes coordinates 30.717406°N, 91.141496°W, situated in East Feliciana Parish. ZIP code 70777. 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.
