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Forest Hill, Louisiana Weather

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

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

Forest Hill, LA
Sunday, July 5 at 8:19 AM
80
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
89°
Humidity
85%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
1:11 AM
Sunset
3:17 PM
Forest Hill, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastForest Hill, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 32% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 75°H 87°
Forest Hill, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    32%
    —
    87°74°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    47%
    0.02″
    92°75°+5°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    48%
    —
    90°71°-2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    22%
    —
    97°73°+7°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    —
    —
    99°74°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    13%
    —
    96°75°-3°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    27%
    —
    96°74°0°
Forest Hill, LA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°72°81°90°6a12p6p12anow 79°high 87°low 75°PRECIP %
Forest Hill, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
276° · backing 16°
Direction
W
276°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 3
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
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 14
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 224SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 16° from the w.
Forest Hill, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.2
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 29.83 inHg
Now
1010.2
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
+0.9
mb
24h
-1.7
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1008–1012
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1011.81008.31010.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Forest Hill, 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 13.0 µg/m³ (AQI 58) with a 0.88 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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
13.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
15μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneModerate
64μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 13.0 µg/m³ (AQI 58) with a 0.88 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.88
Wind
light
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
Forest Hill, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
76%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
32.0mi
UNLIMITED
52 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
13:19 UTC · Forest Hill, 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
13:19 UTC · Forest Hill, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Forest Hill, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Forest Hill, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Forest Hill, LA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:45 AM
Sunrise
1:11 AM
Daylight
14h 06m
Sunset
3:17 PM
Civil dusk
8:46 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Forest Hill, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
11:23 PM
Moonset
11:25 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Forest Hill, LA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Forest Hill at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 80°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: February 21 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 71430

16-Day Forecast — Forest Hill

  1. Sun87°74°32%
  2. Mon92°75°47%
  3. Tue90°71°48%
  4. Wed97°73°22%
  5. Thu99°74°9%
  6. Fri96°75°13%
  7. Sat96°74°27%
  8. Sun90°73°42%
  9. Mon95°71°47%
  10. Tue98°73°29%
  11. Wed99°75°12%
  12. Thu103°75°17%
  13. Fri102°75°32%
  14. Sat99°78°36%
  15. Sun99°79°30%
  16. Mon100°75°43%

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 — Forest Hill

SPC has placed Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill

  • 71430

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.