Ponchatoula, LA Weather Forecast
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ponchatoula, 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
Free alerts for Ponchatoula
Every NWS warning, pushed to your phone, inbox or webhook the moment it is issued.
Ponchatoula, LA at a glance
Ponchatoula is home to about 7,804 people in Tangipahoa Parish, across 4.7 square miles. It ranks 44th by population of 105 places in Louisiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Hammond, 5 miles away.
- County
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Population
- 7,804 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,654
- Forecast point
- 30.4406°N, 90.4428°W
How well can the network see Ponchatoula?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHDC (Hammond, LA), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 290 ft above Ponchatoula. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Ponchatoula show up clearly. Ponchatoula is closer to its radar than 98% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KHDC (Hammond/Northshore Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Ponchatoula
- Hammond, LA5 mi
- Covington, LA20 mi
- Amite City, LA21 mi
- Mandeville, LA21 mi
- Abita Springs, LA25 mi
- Walker, LA25 mi
- Gramercy, LA30 mi
- Lutcher, LA31 mi
Elsewhere in Louisiana
New OrleansBaton RougeShreveportLafayetteLake CharlesKennerAll Louisiana forecasts →