Starks, Louisiana Weather
Starks, 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 Starks, Calcasieu Parish.
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About Starks, Louisiana
Starks lies in the soft, humid embrace of Southwest Louisiana, a place where the air itself seems to hum with the quiet industry of cicadas and the distant drone of unseen machinery. It lies 27.2 miles west-north-west of Lake Charles, LA (from Lake Charles, LA: bearing 283°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-north-west of Vinton. The landscape here is a gentle unfolding of flatlands, crisscrossed by sluggish bayous and punctuated by stands of live oak draped in Spanish moss, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers toward the perpetually hazy sky. Fields of sugarcane, a verdant sea that turns golden under the late afternoon sun, stretch out to meet the horizon, their straight rows a testament to man's patient order imposed upon nature's wilder inclinations. The very earth feels yielding, a rich, dark loam that carries the scent of damp foliage and the faint, sweet perfume of blooming magnolias. This corner of Calcasieu Parish has long been shaped by the bounty of its land and the tenacity of its people. Originally settled by those drawn to the fertile soil and the promise of timber, Starks’ economy has historically been tied to agriculture and the processing of its produce, with sugarcane remaining a significant crop. Echoes of its past can be found in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of old farmhouses that dot the landscape, each a silent chronicle of generations who have toiled and thrived here. The waterways, once vital arteries for transport and trade, still lend a languid rhythm to life, their dark waters reflecting the slow drift of clouds. While Starks may not boast grand monuments, its enduring character is found in the quiet persistence of its way of life, a subtle resilience that has weathered storms both meteorological and economic, and in the way the light lingers, a soft, golden benediction, long after the sun has dipped below the trees.
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| Location | Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.315483°N, 93.661832°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70661 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Starks, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Starks, 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 Starks includes coordinates 30.315483°N, 93.661832°W, situated in Calcasieu Parish. ZIP code 70661. 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.
