Zachary, LA Weather Forecast
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Zachary, 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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Zachary, LA at a glance
Zachary is home to about 19,968 people in East Baton Rouge Parish, across 27 square miles. It ranks 17th by population of 105 places in Louisiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Baker, 6 miles away.
- County
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Population
- 19,968 2023 est.
- Land area
- 27 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 743
- Forecast point
- 30.6644°N, 91.1658°W
How well can the network see Zachary?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHDC (Hammond, LA), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,200 ft above Zachary. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KBTR (Baton Rouge/Ryan Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Zachary
- Baker, LA6 mi
- Central, LA11 mi
- Jackson, LA12 mi
- Port Allen, LA15 mi
- Baton Rouge, LA16 mi
- New Roads, LA17 mi
- Denham Springs, LA18 mi
- Brusly, LA19 mi
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