Baton Rouge, LA Weather Forecast
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Baton Rouge, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Baton Rouge, LA at a glance
Baton Rouge is home to about 219,573 people in East Baton Rouge Parish, across 87 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 105 places in Louisiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Port Allen, 4 miles away.
- County
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Population
- 219,573 2023 est.
- Land area
- 87 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,525
- Forecast point
- 30.4404°N, 91.1332°W
How well can the network see Baton Rouge?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHDC (Hammond, LA), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 3,000 ft above Baton Rouge. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Baton Rouge is closer to its radar than 51% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBTR (Baton Rouge/Ryan Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Baton Rouge
- Port Allen, LA4 mi
- Brusly, LA8 mi
- Addis, LA9 mi
- Baker, LA10 mi
- Central, LA10 mi
- Denham Springs, LA11 mi
- Plaquemine, LA13 mi
- St. Gabriel, LA13 mi
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