Precip at Tangipahoa River near Kentwood305617090292400
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tangipahoa, Louisiana
Village in Tangipahoa Parish, LouisianaFire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... .A cold front will move through the area later today bringing very dry air with RH values falling into the low to mid 30s along with windy conditions with some gusts around 30 mph. The combination of gusty winds, current drought conditions, ample dry fuel, and very dry conditions will allow any fire that develops to spread quickly. * AFFECTED AREA...Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Washington, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Assumption, St. James, Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, Northern Tangipahoa, Walthall, Southeast St. Tammany, Northern St. Tammany, Southwestern St. Tammany, Central Tangipahoa, Lower Tangipahoa, Northern Livingston, Southern Livingston, Western Ascension and Eastern Ascension. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
65°
88°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Tangipahoa until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 88° today.
Now. Tangipahoa is 65° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° 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 Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
96%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8864
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7152
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7448
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7850
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8353
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8553
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8754
overcast
65°
88°64°
71°52°
74°48°
78°50°
83°53°
85°53°
87°54°
As of 3:00 AM in Tangipahoa, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Tangipahoa
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Baton Rouge Area (LA), 47 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 64, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 64YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tangipahoa
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Tangipahoa, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Tangipahoa, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Tangipahoa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank550of 933
Citizen station GW5825GW5825
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.5 mi away/127 ft/50 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/25.3 mi away/43 ft/134 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
FSA-Amite City 0.8 SWLA-TG-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/112 ft/65 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pine Grove FiretowerPNGL1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.5 mi away/161 ft/16 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Hammond Muni Airport, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 25.3 mi from Tangipahoa, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Tangipahoa
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kentwoodtown, 4 mi
- Roselandtown, 8 mi
- Greensburgtown, 10 mi
- Amite Citytown, 10 mi
- Montpeliervillage, 16 mi
- Independencetown, 17 mi
- Tickfawvillage, 21 mi
- Franklintontown, 22 mi
- Natalbanycommunity, 23 mi
- Folsomvillage, 26 mi
- Hammondcity, 26 mi
- Albanytown, 26 mi