Precip at Calcasieu River near Oakdale304920092410500
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Oakdale until 9 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 82° today.
Now. Oakdale is 69° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 11 PM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:57 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Oakdale, Louisiana.
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The 4 instruments nearest Oakdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Precip at Calcasieu River near Oakdale304920092410500
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/5.2 mi away/108 ft/10 ft below here
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measured daily2 instruments
Beaver FiretowerOKLL1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/138 ft/20 ft above here
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Ville Platte 11.1 NWLA-EV-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.2 mi away/109 ft/9 ft below here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.2 mi from Oakdale, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.