Lafayette, LA Weather Forecast
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lafayette, 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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Lafayette, LA at a glance
Lafayette is home to about 121,467 people in Lafayette Parish, across 56 square miles. It ranks 4th by population of 105 places in Louisiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Scott, 5 miles away.
- County
- Lafayette Parish
- Population
- 121,467 2023 est.
- Land area
- 56 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,168
- Forecast point
- 30.2056°N, 92.0281°W
How well can the network see Lafayette?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLCH (Lake Charles, LA), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 5,800 ft above Lafayette. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Lafayette can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KLFT (Lafayette Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Lafayette
- Scott, LA5 mi
- Broussard, LA6 mi
- Carencro, LA7 mi
- Youngsville, LA8 mi
- Maurice, LA9 mi
- Breaux Bridge, LA9 mi
- St. Martinville, LA13 mi
- Sunset, LA14 mi
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