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Paincourtville, Louisiana Weather

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk. Day 16 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Paincourtville, LA
Monday, July 6 at 9:27 AM
80
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
89°
Humidity
83%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
1:09 AM
Sunset
3:09 PM
Paincourtville, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPaincourtville, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 77 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 3 PM.
L 77°H 92°
Paincourtville, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    25%
    92°73°
  2. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Rain
    27%
    0.64″
    90°74°-2°
  3. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    40%
    93°74°+3°
  4. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Thunderstorm
    33%
    91°75°-2°
  5. Friday
    Jul 10
    Thunderstorm
    42%
    92°74°+1°
  6. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Thunderstorm
    49%
    93°73°+1°
  7. Sunday
    Jul 12
    Thunderstorm
    61%
    89°73°-4°
Paincourtville, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
246° · backing 31°
Direction
WSW
246°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 5 mph
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 mph · pk 23 mph @ 5:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 155SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 31° from the wsw.
Paincourtville, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1015.8
+0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 30.00 inHg
Now
1015.8
mb
3h
+0.4
mb
12h
+2.7
mb
24h
+0.5
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131016
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1015.91013.21015.9
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Paincourtville, LA
Air quality
35
AQI
Good
-4 in 6h

AQI 35 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 7.7 µg/m³ (AQI 43) with a 0.79 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
7.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
8μg/m³
OzoneModerate
77μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36 now. With UV 4.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 20.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
4.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 20

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.7 µg/m³ (AQI 43) with a 0.79 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.79
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Paincourtville, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
22%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
35.7mi
UNLIMITED
51 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
14:27 UTC · Paincourtville, 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
14:27 UTC · Paincourtville, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Paincourtville, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Paincourtville, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Paincourtville, LA
Almanac · Monday, July 6
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:42 AM
Sunrise
1:09 AM
Daylight
14h 00m
Sunset
3:09 PM
Civil dusk
8:37 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Paincourtville, LA
The moon
Last Quarter
62% illuminated
Moonrise
11:46 PM
Moonset
12:20 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Paincourtville, LA
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Paincourtville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 80°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: February 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

ZIP code: 70391

16-Day Forecast — Paincourtville

  1. Mon92°73°25%
  2. Tue90°74°27%
  3. Wed93°74°40%
  4. Thu91°75°33%
  5. Fri92°74°42%
  6. Sat93°73°49%
  7. Sun89°73°61%
  8. Mon91°75°60%
  9. Tue96°73°44%
  10. Wed96°69°35%
  11. Thu91°71°31%
  12. Fri84°74°59%
  13. Sat91°75°48%
  14. Sun87°76°49%
  15. Mon89°76°54%
  16. Tue84°74°59%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, 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 — Paincourtville

SPC includes Paincourtville 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 Paincourtville

  • 70390
  • 70391

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.