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Sugartown, Louisiana Weather

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

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

Sugartown, LA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:10 AM
87
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
98°
Humidity
72%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
1:14 AM
Sunset
3:18 PM
Sugartown, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSugartown, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit with a 27% chance of precipitation at 5 PM.
L 75°H 90°
Sugartown, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Showers
    27%
    0.11″
    90°76°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Showers
    34%
    2.0″
    94°74°+4°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    T-storm w/ Hail
    48%
    —
    92°73°-2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Showers
    34%
    0.01″
    97°74°+5°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    —
    —
    98°73°+1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Mostly Clear
    14%
    —
    97°75°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    36%
    —
    95°74°-2°
Sugartown, LA
Next 24 hours · Warm now
HOT 90°70°82°94°6a12p6p12anow 87°high 90°low 75°PRECIP %
Sugartown, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
235° · backing 69°
Direction
SW
235°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 4
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 4 · pk 13 @ 12:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 208SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Sugartown, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1008.9
-0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.79 inHg
Now
1008.9
mb
3h
-0.2
mb
12h
+0.4
mb
24h
-2.4
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1008–1011
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1011.31007.71008.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Sugartown, LA
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
→-2 in 6h

AQI 51 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 8.4 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.3 µg/m³.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
78μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 37. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~92%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 37
UV peak
5.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 14

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 8.4 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.3 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.82
Wind
light
Recent rain
2h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out

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/m³320
Sugartown, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
27%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
43.0mi
UNLIMITED
81 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
15:10 UTC · Sugartown, 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
15:10 UTC · Sugartown, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Sugartown, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Sugartown, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Sugartown, 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 04m
Sunset
3:18 PM
Civil dusk
8:47 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Sugartown, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
11:25 PM
Moonset
11:27 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Sugartown, LA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Sugartown at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 70662

16-Day Forecast — Sugartown

  1. Sun92°76°27%
  2. Mon94°74°34%
  3. Tue92°73°48%
  4. Wed97°74°34%
  5. Thu98°73°7%
  6. Fri97°75°14%
  7. Sat95°74°36%
  8. Sun90°73°48%
  9. Mon94°71°41%
  10. Tue100°72°29%
  11. Wed101°74°14%
  12. Thu101°74°20%
  13. Fri100°76°35%
  14. Sat99°75°30%
  15. Sun97°79°26%
  16. Mon99°75°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 — Sugartown

SPC has placed Sugartown 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 Sugartown

  • 70634
  • 70662

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.