Sun, Louisiana Weather
Sun, 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 Sun, St. Tammany Parish.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sun.
About Sun, Louisiana
Sun breathes a quiet, humid air, a place where the pines stand tall and the earth is a rich, dark loam. It lies 22.6 miles north-north-east of Mandeville, LA (from Mandeville, LA: bearing 27°T), and is situated 15.3 miles north-west of Picayune. The landscape here is a gentle swell, not dramatic but a steady rise and fall of ground that cradles scattered homes and fields. Water, a constant presence, whispers from unseen creeks and bayous, its moisture clinging to the very skin of the air, a subtle, pervasive dampness that softens the sharp edges of the day. Even under the bright, sometimes fierce, Louisiana sun, there’s a verdant, almost lush, quality to the vegetation, a testament to the fertile soil that supports everything from towering oaks to the low-lying palmettos that fringe the edges of the woods. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, takes on a honeyed hue, filtering through the dense canopy of trees and casting long, dancing shadows that seem to hold stories of their own. This corner of St. Tammany Parish carries the echoes of a past tied to the land and its bounty, with logging and agriculture having long shaped the local economy. Sun’s history is a story of hardworking people drawn to the rich timber resources and the fertile ground, establishing a livelihood from the natural wealth around them. While the scent of pine and damp earth still lingers, the character of Sun has evolved, embracing a more relaxed pace of life that draws families seeking a connection to nature and a sense of community. It's a place where the local markets might still offer produce grown just a few miles away, and where the evenings are often punctuated by the chirping chorus of cicadas and the distant call of a bullfrog, a soundtrack to a life lived in close proximity to the wild.
Live animated radar for Sun and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Sun, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30.649078°N, 89.892574°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70427, 70463 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sun, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sun, 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 Sun includes coordinates 30.649078°N, 89.892574°W, situated in St. Tammany Parish. ZIP code 70427, 70463. 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.
