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Grand Isle, Louisiana Weather

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

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

Grand Isle, LA
Sunday, July 5 at 5:55 AM
84
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
91°
Humidity
79%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
1:06 AM
Sunset
3:03 PM
Grand Isle, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGrand Isle, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 78 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 26% chance of precipitation at 4 AM.
L 78°H 87°
Grand Isle, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    14%
    87°78°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    54%
    85°80°-2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    56%
    90°80°+5°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    14%
    92°80°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    92°79°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    91°79°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Thunderstorm
    14%
    86°79°-5°
Grand Isle, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
309° · steady
Direction
NW
309°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 7
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 7 · pk 11 @ 8:00a
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 3612SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the nw.
Grand Isle, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.3
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 30.01 inHg
Now
1016.3
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-0.3
mb
24h
-1.0
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10151018
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.21014.51015.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Grand Isle, LA
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
-3 in 6h

AQI 42 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.1 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
9.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
84μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 40. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 40
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.74
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Grand Isle, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
58%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
37.1mi
UNLIMITED
62 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
10:55 UTC · Grand Isle, 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
10:55 UTC · Grand Isle, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Grand Isle, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Grand Isle, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Grand Isle, LA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:40 AM
Sunrise
1:06 AM
Daylight
13h 57m
Sunset
3:03 PM
Civil dusk
8:31 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Grand Isle, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
73% illuminated
Moonrise
11:11 PM
Moonset
11:15 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Grand Isle, 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 Isle at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 84°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: February 10 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 70358

15-Day Forecast — Grand Isle

  1. Sun86°81°14%
  2. Mon85°80°54%
  3. Tue90°80°56%
  4. Wed92°80°14%
  5. Thu92°79°5%
  6. Fri91°79°7%
  7. Sat86°79°14%
  8. Sun81°74°36%
  9. Mon82°76°37%
  10. Tue89°76°38%
  11. Wed90°77°27%
  12. Thu90°80°42%
  13. Fri89°80°29%
  14. Sat88°79°42%
  15. Sun91°81°26%

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 Isle

SPC includes Grand Isle in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Isle

  • 70358

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.