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Creola, Louisiana Weather

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

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

Creola, LA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:11 AM
81
°
Overcast
Feels like
91°
Humidity
84%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
1:10 AM
Sunset
3:18 PM
Creola, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCreola, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 89 degrees Fahrenheit with a 21% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 75°H 89°
Creola, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    21%
    —
    89°73°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    29%
    —
    91°74°+2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    T-storm w/ Hail
    47%
    —
    92°72°+1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    T-storm w/ Hail
    35%
    0.69″
    93°73°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    —
    —
    97°73°+4°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Mostly Clear
    15%
    —
    95°74°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    31%
    —
    95°74°0°
Creola, LA
Next 24 hours · Warm now
HOT 90°72°82°92°6a12p6p12anow 81°high 89°low 75°PRECIP %
Creola, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
113° · backing 174°
Direction
ESE
113°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
23
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 23 @ 9:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 195SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Creola, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1009.6
0.0 mb in 3h · steady · 29.81 inHg
Now
1009.6
mb
3h
0.0
mb
12h
+1.0
mb
24h
-1.8
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1008–1012
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1011.51008.41009.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Creola, LA
Air quality
58
AQI
Moderate
→+1 in 6h

AQI 58 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 12.5 µg/m³ (AQI 57) with a 0.85 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 2.5DRIVERModerate
12.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
15μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
95μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 45 now. With UV 6.8 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 29 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 45
UV peak
6.8 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 29

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 12.5 µg/m³ (AQI 57) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 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
Creola, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
34.9mi
UNLIMITED
50 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
15:11 UTC · Creola, 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
15:11 UTC · Creola, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Creola, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Creola, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Creola, LA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:43 AM
Sunrise
1:10 AM
Daylight
14h 08m
Sunset
3:18 PM
Civil dusk
8:47 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Creola, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
11:23 PM
Moonset
11:25 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Creola, LA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Creola at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 81°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: February 24 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Creola

  1. Sun89°73°21%
  2. Mon91°74°29%
  3. Tue92°72°47%
  4. Wed93°73°35%
  5. Thu97°73°6%
  6. Fri95°74°15%
  7. Sat95°74°31%
  8. Sun90°73°37%
  9. Mon96°71°46%
  10. Tue97°73°18%
  11. Wed101°75°8%
  12. Thu100°75°13%
  13. Fri101°75°26%
  14. Sat98°76°23%
  15. Sun99°78°24%
  16. Mon100°75°39%

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 — Creola

SPC has placed Creola 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.

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ZIP codes in Creola

  • 71423

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.