Right now
29°C / 83°F
Overcast · wind 3 km/h · 74% RH
Soil (6 cm)
30°C / 86°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
—
unavailable
Frost window
—
unavailable
Sun
06:41 – 19:14
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Chicago
Tue
Showers
32° / 26°
1.7 mm
Wed
Overcast
31° / 25°
dry
Thu
Thunderstorms
35° / 25°
1.6 mm
Fri
Drizzle
35° / 26°
0.1 mm
Sat
Thunderstorms
36° / 26°
7.5 mm
Sun
Thunderstorms
36° / 26°
1.9 mm
Mon
Drizzle
36° / 27°
0.5 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyNew Orleans Gardening: Early Fall Planting & Transition. Fall Fishing in Greater New Orleans: Early September Patterns. Foraging in Greater New Orleans: Early Fall.
Gardening
New Orleans Gardening: Early Fall Planting & Transition
Sow & harvest now
- Collards (Georgia Southern, Blue Max)
- Kale (Lacinato, Winterbor)
- Mustard greens (Southern Giant Curled, Tendergreen)
- Turnips (Purple Top, Tokyo Cross)
Fishing
Fall Fishing in Greater New Orleans: Early September Patterns
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Spotted Seatrout
- Redfish (Red Drum)
- Catfish (Channel and Flathead)
Foraging
Foraging in Greater New Orleans: Early Fall
In season now
- Muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia)
- Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
- Peppery smartweed (Polygonum hydropiper) & Lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa)
- Wax myrtle berries (Morella cerifera)
Your ecological region
Gulf Coast & Mississippi Lowlands
Bottomland hardwoods, bayous, the Mississippi delta and the Gulf shore: humid, rainy and nearly frost-free.
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