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Ponchatoula, Louisiana Weather

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

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

Ponchatoula, LA
Sunday, July 5 at 6:55 AM
76
°
Clear
Feels like
86°
Humidity
89%
Wind
0 mph
Sunrise
1:05 AM
Sunset
3:07 PM
Ponchatoula, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPonchatoula, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit with a 44% chance of precipitation at 6 PM.
L 74°H 92°
Ponchatoula, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    44%
    0.06″
    92°76°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    32%
    1.0″
    91°74°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    60%
    —
    93°75°+2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    42%
    —
    94°74°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    T-storm w/ Hail
    21%
    —
    96°75°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    23%
    —
    94°76°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    39%
    —
    95°75°+1°
Ponchatoula, LA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°70°83°96°6a12p6p12anow 76°high 92°low 74°PRECIP %
Ponchatoula, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
225° · backing 125°
Direction
SW
225°
Sustained
0
mph
Gust
3
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 4
Beaufort · 0 · CALM
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 4 · pk 17 @ 7:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 243SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The air is still. Smoke rises straight up.
Ponchatoula, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.5
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 29.96 inHg
Now
1014.5
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
+0.7
mb
24h
-1.6
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1013–1016
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.21012.61013.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Ponchatoula, LA
Air quality
59
AQI
Moderate
↓-25 in 6h

AQI 59 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 25 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 13.9 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 0 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 2.5DRIVERModerate
13.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
15μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneModerate
65μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 31. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~62%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 31
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 13.9 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 0 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke

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/m³300
Ponchatoula, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
29.2mi
UNLIMITED
94 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
11:55 UTC · Ponchatoula, 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
11:55 UTC · Ponchatoula, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Ponchatoula, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Ponchatoula, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Ponchatoula, LA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:38 AM
Sunrise
1:05 AM
Daylight
14h 02m
Sunset
3:07 PM
Civil dusk
8:36 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Ponchatoula, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
73% illuminated
Moonrise
11:14 PM
Moonset
11:17 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Ponchatoula, LA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Ponchatoula at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 70454

16-Day Forecast — Ponchatoula

  1. Sun92°76°44%
  2. Mon91°74°32%
  3. Tue93°75°60%
  4. Wed94°74°42%
  5. Thu96°75°21%
  6. Fri94°76°23%
  7. Sat95°75°39%
  8. Sun79°74°57%
  9. Mon80°72°55%
  10. Tue92°71°32%
  11. Wed95°74°29%
  12. Thu96°76°32%
  13. Fri94°75°28%
  14. Sat91°73°34%
  15. Sun91°77°35%
  16. Mon96°76°39%

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 — Ponchatoula

SPC has placed Ponchatoula 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 Ponchatoula

  • 70454

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.