Nattchitoches Regional AirportIER
At an airfield/5.5 mi away/121 ft/17 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Natchez, Louisiana
Village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of north central and northwest Louisiana. * TIMING...From 9 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 31 to 69 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
50°
72°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 47°·Light breeze 7 mph N
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Natchez until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Natchez is 50° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 74°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:53 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
71%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
50feels47
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
7250
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7445
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7846
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8149
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8550
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8851
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
8952
overcast
50°
72°50°
74°45°
78°46°
81°49°
85°50°
88°51°
89°52°
As of 6:00 AM in Natchez, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Natchez
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 73 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 16
- 31TodayOct 17
- 39SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Natchez
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Natchez, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Natchez, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Natchez, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank346of 934
Precip at Old River at Hwy 1 nr Natchitoches314342093063300
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW7409GW7409
In a volunteer observer's own ground/38.7 mi away/157 ft/53 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Natchez 0.3 WLA-NT-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/104 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Natchitoches #2ICHL1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/157 ft/53 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Nattchitoches Regional Airport, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.5 mi from Natchez, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Natchitoches #2 (ICHL1), 10.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Natchez
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Point Placecommunity, 1 mi
- Vienna Bendcommunity, 4 mi
- Natchitochescity, 7 mi
- St. Mauricecommunity, 8 mi
- Montgomerytown, 9 mi
- Provencalvillage, 10 mi
- Clarencevillage, 11 mi
- Robelinevillage, 16 mi
- Camptitown, 16 mi
- Powhatanvillage, 17 mi
- Atlantavillage, 20 mi
- Marthavillecommunity, 21 mi