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Weather in Grosse Tete, Louisiana

Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Grosse Tete, LA
Sunday, May 17 at 4:07 AM
74
°
Clear
Feels like
77°
Humidity
74%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
6:10 AM
Sunset
7:53 PM
Grosse Tete, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
75°
11p
74°
12a
73°
1a
72°
2a
71°
3a
71°
4a
70°
5a
70°
6a
71°
7a
75°
8a
78°
9a
80°
10a
82°
11a
83°
12p
84°
1p
86°
2p
87°
3p
87°
4p
86°
5p
84°
6p
81°
7p
78°
8p
76°
9p
74°
10p
L 70°H 87°
Grosse Tete, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    85°71°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    30%
    86°71°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    27%
    89°75°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Drizzle
    68%
    90°72°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Heavy Drizzle
    77%
    88°71°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Light Drizzle
    68%
    89°69°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Light Drizzle
    74%
    91°70°
Grosse Tete, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
152° · veering 41°
Direction
SSE
152°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 6
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 6 · pk 19 @ 9:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 41° from the sse.
Grosse Tete, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.7
-0.5 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.96 inHg
Now
1014.7
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
-0.5
mb
24h
-0.7
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131017
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Grosse Tete, LA
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
7.6 μg/m³
PM 10
9.5 μg/m³
NO₂
5.9 μg/m³
Ozone
71.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Grosse Tete, LA
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:46 AM
Sunrise
6:10 AM
Daylight
13h 43m
Sunset
7:53 PM
Civil dusk
1:21 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Grosse Tete, LA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:27 AM
Moonset
1:14 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Grosse Tete, LA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses open on the Piedmont edge

insect
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Grosse Tete at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 17 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
  • Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of May 17, 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.

ZIP codes in Grosse Tete

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.