Ruston, LA Weather Forecast
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ruston, 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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Ruston, LA at a glance
Ruston is home to about 22,233 people in Lincoln Parish, across 21 square miles. It ranks 15th by population of 105 places in Louisiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Grambling, 4 miles away.
- County
- Lincoln Parish
- Population
- 22,233 2023 est.
- Land area
- 21 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,049
- Forecast point
- 32.5330°N, 92.6353°W
How well can the network see Ruston?
The nearest Doppler radar is KSHV (Shreveport, LA), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 5,700 ft above Ruston. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Ruston can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KRSN (Ruston Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Ruston
- Grambling, LA4 mi
- Arcadia, LA17 mi
- Jonesboro, LA21 mi
- Farmerville, LA22 mi
- West Monroe, LA28 mi
- Homer, LA31 mi
- Monroe, LA33 mi
- Richwood, LA33 mi
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