Violet, Louisiana Weather
Violet, 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 Violet, St. Bernard Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Violet. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Violet is published on the New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) page, 15 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. 4 airfields within reach of Violet 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 Violet: Lakefront Airport (KNEW) 21 km · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) 37 km · Slidell Airport (KASD) 50 km
Conditions reported at KNBG describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Violet specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Violet.
About Violet, Louisiana
Violet is a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of salt and damp earth, a constant reminder of the nearby labyrinthine waterways. It lies 11.4 miles east-south-east of New Orleans, LA (from New Orleans, LA: bearing 111°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east of Terrytown. The land itself feels low-slung, a whisper of green against a vast expanse of sky, where cypress trees, their knees jutting from the marshy ground, stand as stoic sentinels. Here, the light at the edge of day bleeds across the horizon in bruised purples and fiery oranges, painting the sluggish currents of the bayou with a fleeting, ethereal glow. The very ground seems to breathe, a slow, humid exhalation that carries the distant cry of unseen birds and the murmur of insects in the reeds. The history of Violet is inextricably tied to the ebb and flow of the Mississippi River and the bounty of the Gulf. For generations, this land has sustained those who understood its wild pulse, their lives shaped by the rhythm of floods and the rich harvests of crawfish and shrimp. The economy here, though modest, is deeply rooted in the water, with local boats still heading out at dawn to cast their nets, a tradition that whispers of resilience and a quiet pride. Though it may not boast grand monuments, Violet carries the weight of countless stories, each home a testament to lives lived in close communion with the potent, untamed Louisiana landscape.
Live animated radar for Violet 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 | Violet, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.89576°N, 89.897844°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70092 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Violet, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Violet, 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 Violet includes coordinates 29.895760°N, 89.897844°W, situated in St. Bernard Parish. ZIP code 70092. Telephone area code: 504. 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.
