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Kinder, Louisiana Weather

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

Kinder, LA
Thursday, June 4 at 5:27 PM
79
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
86°
Humidity
88%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
6:09 AM
Sunset
8:10 PM
Kinder, LA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKinder, LA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit with a 46% chance of precipitation at 12 PM.
L 69°H 80°
Kinder, LA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Rain
    46%
    0.54″
    80°73°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    24%
    85°69°+5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Drizzle
    71%
    87°72°+2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    33%
    87°73°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    24%
    89°74°+2°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Drizzle
    31%
    88°74°-1°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    31%
    89°74°+1°
Kinder, LA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
107° · backing 97°
Direction
ESE
107°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 7
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 7 · pk 29 @ 5:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 296SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 97° from the ese.
Kinder, LA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.9
-0.8 mb in 3h · falling · 29.97 inHg
Now
1014.9
mb
3h
-0.8
mb
12h
-0.2
mb
24h
-0.6
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131017
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.51013.41014.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Kinder, LA
Air quality
39
AQI
Moderate
-5 in 6h

PM2.5 at 10.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 13.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
14μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneUnhealthy SG
103μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 49. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~88%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 49
UV peak
6.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 20

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 13.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.74
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
1h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Kinder, LA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
75%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
33.0mi
UNLIMITED
38 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
17:27 UTC ·Kinder, 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
17:27 UTC ·Kinder, LA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Kinder, LA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kinder, LA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kinder, LA
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:43 AM
Sunrise
6:09 AM
Daylight
14h 01m
Sunset
8:10 PM
Civil dusk
1:39 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Kinder, LA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
83% illuminated
Moonrise
4:13 AM
Moonset
2:39 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Kinder, LA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kinder at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 18 (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 4, 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 — Kinder

SPC has placed Kinder 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 Kinder

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.