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Fort Jesup, Louisiana Weather

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

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

Fort Jesup, LA
Sunday, July 5 at 5:56 AM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
78°
Humidity
92%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
1:14 AM
Sunset
3:22 PM
Fort Jesup, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Jesup, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 94 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 73°H 94°
Fort Jesup, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    19%
    —
    94°73°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Showers
    31%
    2.7″
    90°72°-4°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    —
    98°69°+8°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    —
    —
    97°74°-1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    —
    —
    97°75°0°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Mostly Clear
    —
    —
    99°75°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    15%
    —
    99°73°0°
Fort Jesup, LA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°68°83°98°12a6a12p6pnow 73°high 94°low 73°PRECIP %
Fort Jesup, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
022° · backing 152°
Direction
NNE
022°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 3
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 19 @ 9:00p
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 3917SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 152° from the nne.
Fort Jesup, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1003.6
-0.6 mb in 3h · falling · 29.64 inHg
Now
1003.6
mb
3h
-0.6
mb
12h
+0.5
mb
24h
-1.3
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1001–1005
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1005.41001.41002.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Fort Jesup, LA
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
→-1 in 6h

AQI 50 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 10.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
68μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 32. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~78%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 32
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.85
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background

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/m³360
Fort Jesup, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
24.9mi
UNLIMITED
73 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
10:56 UTC · Fort Jesup, 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
10:56 UTC · Fort Jesup, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Jesup, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Jesup, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Jesup, LA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:47 AM
Sunrise
1:14 AM
Daylight
14h 08m
Sunset
3:22 PM
Civil dusk
8:51 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Jesup, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
73% illuminated
Moonrise
11:27 PM
Moonset
11:29 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Jesup, LA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Jesup at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Fort Jesup

  1. Sun92°72°19%
  2. Mon90°72°31%
  3. Tue98°69°29%
  4. Wed97°74°7%
  5. Thu97°75°1%
  6. Fri99°75°5%
  7. Sat99°73°15%
  8. Sun94°72°24%
  9. Mon98°72°26%
  10. Tue100°73°14%
  11. Wed103°74°7%
  12. Thu93°71°19%
  13. Fri94°75°23%
  14. Sat92°73°23%
  15. Sun86°71°24%

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 — Fort Jesup

SPC has placed Fort Jesup 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 Fort Jesup

  • 71449
  • 71469

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.