Weather StoryAlmanac, microseasons, and the day's weather story.

Covington, Louisiana Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Covington, LA
Sunday, July 5 at 4:33 AM
76
°
Overcast
Feels like
85°
Humidity
90%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
1:03 AM
Sunset
3:06 PM
Covington, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCovington, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit with a 35% chance of precipitation at 5 PM.
L 75°H 93°
Covington, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Heavy Showers
    35%
    1.3″
    93°75°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    39%
    —
    89°75°-4°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    45%
    —
    92°73°+3°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    T-storm w/ Hail
    37%
    —
    92°74°0°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    17%
    —
    95°75°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Mostly Clear
    17%
    —
    96°76°+1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Thunderstorm
    35%
    —
    91°75°-5°
Covington, LA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°72°85°98°12a6a12p6pnow 77°high 93°low 75°PRECIP %
Covington, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
336° · backing 24°
Direction
NNW
336°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 4
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 4 · pk 17 @ 8:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 262SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 24° from the nnw.
Covington, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.1
+1.7 mb in 3h · rising · 29.95 inHg
Now
1014.1
mb
3h
+1.7
mb
12h
+1.1
mb
24h
0.0
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1012–1016
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.21012.41014.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Covington, LA
Air quality
73
AQI
Moderate
↑+5 in 6h

AQI 73 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI up 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 68 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 21 around 1 PM.

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

PM 2.5Moderate
15.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
19μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
118μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 68 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 21 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 68
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 21

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 15.9 µg/m³ (AQI 64) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.85
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 TREND50100SUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN7-DAY PM2.5 TREND · μg/m³300
Covington, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
99%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
28.1mi
UNLIMITED
97 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
09:33 UTC · Covington, 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
09:33 UTC · Covington, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Covington, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Covington, LA
Loading IR frames…
IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Covington, LA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:37 AM
Sunrise
1:03 AM
Daylight
14h 03m
Sunset
3:06 PM
Civil dusk
8:35 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Covington, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
11:12 PM
Moonset
11:15 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Covington, LA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Covington at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP codes: 70433, 70435

15-Day Forecast — Covington

  1. Sun93°75°35%
  2. Mon89°75°39%
  3. Tue92°73°45%
  4. Wed92°74°37%
  5. Thu95°75°17%
  6. Fri96°76°17%
  7. Sat91°75°35%
  8. Sun83°74°55%
  9. Mon84°73°55%
  10. Tue95°73°29%
  11. Wed94°75°32%
  12. Thu90°75°26%
  13. Fri92°74°29%
  14. Sat90°73°33%
  15. Sun85°73°32%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 — Covington

SPC has placed Covington in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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.

All cities in Louisiana →

Mandeville, LA weather →

ZIP codes in Covington

  • 70433

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.