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Grand Cane, Louisiana Weather

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

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

Grand Cane, LA
Sunday, July 5 at 6:14 AM
75
°
Overcast
Feels like
82°
Humidity
84%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
1:14 AM
Sunset
3:25 PM
Grand Cane, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGrand Cane, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit with a 41% chance of precipitation at 2 AM.
L 73°H 97°
Grand Cane, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    20%
    97°75°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Showers
    41%
    1.6″
    91°73°-6°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    31%
    99°70°+8°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    97°71°-2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Mostly Clear
    99°75°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    99°75°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    12%
    100°73°+1°
Grand Cane, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
118° · backing 130°
Direction
ESE
118°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 5
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 5 · pk 19 @ 9:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 191SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 130° from the ese.
Grand Cane, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1004.8
+0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.67 inHg
Now
1004.8
mb
3h
+0.2
mb
12h
+1.9
mb
24h
-1.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10031007
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1007.01002.51004.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Grand Cane, LA
Air quality
46
AQI
Good
-4 in 6h

AQI 46 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 8.6 µg/m³ (AQI 48) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 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
8.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneGood
55μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.6 µg/m³ (AQI 48) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Grand Cane, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
32.8mi
UNLIMITED
101 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
11:14 UTC · Grand Cane, 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
11:14 UTC · Grand Cane, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Grand Cane, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Grand Cane, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Grand Cane, 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 11m
Sunset
3:25 PM
Civil dusk
8:54 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Grand Cane, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
73% illuminated
Moonrise
11:29 PM
Moonset
11:30 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Grand Cane, LA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Grand Cane at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 28 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 71032

15-Day Forecast — Grand Cane

  1. Sun97°75°20%
  2. Mon91°73°41%
  3. Tue99°70°31%
  4. Wed97°71°9%
  5. Thu99°75°1%
  6. Fri99°75°3%
  7. Sat100°73°12%
  8. Sun98°73°23%
  9. Mon99°72°18%
  10. Tue101°74°11%
  11. Wed103°75°5%
  12. Thu97°71°10%
  13. Fri99°74°20%
  14. Sat95°72°23%
  15. Sun86°71°17%

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 — Grand Cane

SPC has placed Grand Cane 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.

ZIP codes in Grand Cane

  • 71032

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.