New Orleans, LA Weather Forecast
Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for New Orleans, 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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New Orleans, LA at a glance
New Orleans is home to about 364,136 people in Orleans Parish, across 170 square miles. It is the largest of 105 places in Louisiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Gretna, 12 miles away.
- County
- Orleans Parish
- Population
- 364,136 2023 est.
- Land area
- 170 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,148
- Forecast point
- 30.0534°N, 89.9345°W
How well can the network see New Orleans?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLIX (New Orleans, LA), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above New Orleans. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over New Orleans show up clearly. New Orleans is closer to its radar than 84% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KNEW (New Orleans/Lakefront Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near New Orleans
- Gretna, LA12 mi
- Westwego, LA16 mi
- Harahan, LA18 mi
- Slidell, LA19 mi
- Kenner, LA19 mi
- Mandeville, LA24 mi
- Pearl River, LA25 mi
- Abita Springs, LA29 mi
Elsewhere in Louisiana
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