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Swartz, Louisiana Weather

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

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

Swartz, LA
Saturday, July 4 at 10:29 PM
72
°
Overcast
Feels like
78°
Humidity
90%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
1:05 AM
Sunset
3:19 PM
Swartz, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSwartz, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit with a 44% chance of precipitation at 10 PM.
L 71°H 88°
Swartz, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Drizzle
    44%
    0.03″
    92°71°—
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    32%
    —
    88°71°-4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    33%
    0.18″
    91°75°+3°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    —
    91°71°0°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    T-storm w/ Hail
    11%
    —
    91°73°0°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    —
    —
    93°72°+2°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    —
    —
    97°75°+4°
Swartz, LA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°66°79°92°6p12a6a12pnow 72°high 88°low 71°PRECIP %
Swartz, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NE
048° · backing 123°
Direction
NE
048°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 3
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 3 · pk 18 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 172SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 123° from the ne.
Swartz, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.0
-4.0 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.83 inHg
Now
1010.0
mb
3h
-4.0
mb
12h
-4.4
mb
24h
-3.3
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1010–1014
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.31009.91009.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Swartz, LA
Air quality
84
AQI
Moderate
↑+15 in 6h

AQI 84 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 15 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. PM2.5 at 12.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 13.9 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 2.5DRIVERModerate
12.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
14μg/m³
NO₂Good
13μg/m³
OzoneModerate
81μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 12.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 13.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
Wind
calm
Recent rain
1h in last 6h
Pattern
background

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
Swartz, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
26.1mi
UNLIMITED
60 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
03:29 UTC · Swartz, 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
03:29 UTC · Swartz, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Swartz, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Swartz, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Swartz, LA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
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 14m
Sunset
3:19 PM
Civil dusk
8:48 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Swartz, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:21 PM
Moonset
11:22 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Swartz, LA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Swartz at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Swartz

  1. Sat92°72°44%
  2. Sun88°71°32%
  3. Mon91°75°33%
  4. Tue91°71°33%
  5. Wed91°73°11%
  6. Thu93°72°6%
  7. Fri97°75°7%
  8. Sat96°74°23%
  9. Sun85°72°28%
  10. Mon79°71°16%
  11. Tue84°71°14%
  12. Wed92°72°12%
  13. Thu93°77°23%
  14. Fri92°74°19%
  15. Sat96°74°23%
  16. Sun96°73°32%

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 — Swartz

SPC has placed Swartz in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • 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 Swartz

  • 71203

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.