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Fort Jesup, Louisiana Weather

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Fort Jesup weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Jesup, LA
Wednesday, June 3 at 5:12 PM
81
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
90°
Humidity
75%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
6:08 AM
Sunset
8:15 PM
Fort Jesup, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Jesup, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 72 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a 31% chance of precipitation at 3 PM.
L 72°H 85°
Fort Jesup, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    31%
    86°68°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Heavy Drizzle
    36%
    0.04″
    85°72°-1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    23%
    88°65°+3°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    49%
    89°71°+1°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    59%
    91°72°+2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    31%
    94°73°+3°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    21%
    92°72°-2°
Fort Jesup, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
075° · veering 61°
Direction
ENE
075°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 23 @ 6:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 216SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Jesup, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1005.8
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 29.70 inHg
Now
1005.8
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
+0.6
mb
24h
+0.6
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10031007
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1006.61003.41005.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Fort Jesup, LA
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
+3 in 6h

PM2.5 at 7.5 µg/m³ (AQI 42) with a 0.83 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
7.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
88μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 42 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 13 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 42
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 13

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.5 µg/m³ (AQI 42) with a 0.83 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.83
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Jesup, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
64%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
41.0mi
UNLIMITED
66 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
17:12 UTC ·Fort Jesup, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
17:12 UTC ·Fort Jesup, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fort Jesup, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Jesup, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Jesup, LA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:42 AM
Sunrise
6:08 AM
Daylight
14h 07m
Sunset
8:15 PM
Civil dusk
1:43 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fort Jesup, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
90% illuminated
Moonrise
3:38 AM
Moonset
1:40 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Fort Jesup, LA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Fort Jesup at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 81°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: February 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Fort Jesup

SPC has placed Fort Jesup in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Fort Jesup

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.