Opelousas, LA Weather Forecast
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Opelousas, 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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Opelousas, LA at a glance
Opelousas is home to about 15,390 people in St. Landry Parish, across 9.7 square miles. It ranks 22nd by population of 105 places in Louisiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Sunset, 8 miles away.
- County
- St. Landry Parish
- Population
- 15,390 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,591
- Forecast point
- 30.5249°N, 92.0817°W
How well can the network see Opelousas?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPOE (Fort Polk, LA), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,500 ft above Opelousas. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Opelousas can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KOPL (Opelousas/St Landry). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Opelousas
- Sunset, LA8 mi
- Church Point, LA12 mi
- Carencro, LA15 mi
- Ville Platte, LA16 mi
- Scott, LA20 mi
- Breaux Bridge, LA20 mi
- Eunice, LA20 mi
- Mamou, LA21 mi
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