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Anacoco, Louisiana Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Anacoco weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Anacoco, LA
Saturday, July 4 at 4:53 PM
95
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
102°
Humidity
46%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
1:14 AM
Sunset
3:21 PM
Anacoco, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastAnacoco, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 76 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit with a 22% chance of precipitation at 8 PM.
L 76°H 95°
Anacoco, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    22%
    —
    95°76°—
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Heavy Showers
    16%
    0.51″
    93°75°-2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    37%
    —
    91°74°-2°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    37%
    —
    91°73°0°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    T-storm w/ Hail
    15%
    —
    94°73°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Mostly Clear
    —
    —
    97°74°+3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    10%
    —
    98°74°+1°
Anacoco, LA
Next 24 hours · Hot now
HOT 90°72°86°100°12p6p12a6anow 95°high 95°low 76°PRECIP %
Anacoco, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
180° · veering 94°
Direction
S
180°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
3
mph
Peak 24h
9
avg 3
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 3 · pk 9 @ 3:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 1810SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Anacoco, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1003.0
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.62 inHg
Now
1003.0
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
+0.4
mb
24h
0.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1003–1006
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1005.61002.91004.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Anacoco, LA
Air quality
53
AQI
Moderate
→+2 in 6h

AQI 53 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 11.1 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
11.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
16μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
97μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 46 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 46
UV peak
1.9 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 46

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.1 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.71
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke

Trends

Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.

Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).

7-DAY AQI TREND50100SATSUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISAT7-DAY PM2.5 TREND · μg/m³390
Anacoco, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
22%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
84.4mi
UNLIMITED
86 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
21:53 UTC · Anacoco, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
21:53 UTC · Anacoco, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Anacoco, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Anacoco, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Anacoco, LA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:47 AM
Sunrise
1:14 AM
Daylight
14h 07m
Sunset
3:21 PM
Civil dusk
8:50 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Anacoco, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
10:57 PM
Moonset
10:28 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Anacoco, LA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Anacoco at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 15°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 71403

16-Day Forecast — Anacoco

  1. Sat95°76°22%
  2. Sun93°75°16%
  3. Mon91°74°37%
  4. Tue91°73°37%
  5. Wed94°73°15%
  6. Thu97°74°2%
  7. Fri98°74°10%
  8. Sat99°73°17%
  9. Sun81°72°18%
  10. Mon91°68°21%
  11. Tue89°64°15%
  12. Wed88°66°36%
  13. Thu88°67°27%
  14. Fri96°71°29%
  15. Sat84°73°23%
  16. Sun87°70°23%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Anacoco

SPC has placed Anacoco in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

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ZIP codes in Anacoco

  • 71403

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.