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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
630 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              96   04/29/1887
 LOW               31   04/11/1989
                        04/05/1987
                        04/04/1987
HIGHEST            88   04/17
                        04/16
LOWEST             38   04/20
MEAN             63.8              65.2    -1.4
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS           3.18              4.19   -1.01
DAYS >= .01         6
DAYS >= .50         2
DAYS >= 1.00        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    2.21   04/10 TO 04/11

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     123                86      37
COOLING TOTAL      94                94       0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/270    DATE  04/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/260    DATE  04/10


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

WEATHERWISE DURING APRIL OF 2013 IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY...WE
RECORDED BOTH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL.  THIS
APRIL WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A ROLLER COASTER MONTH WITH WIDE
TEMPERATURE SWINGS.

SHREVEPORT ESTABLISHED A SURPRISING VARIETY OF DAILY TEMPERATURE
RECORDS THIS APRIL.  FOR APRIL 3RD AND 4TH...WE ESTABLISHED TWO NEW
DAILY COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS.  FOR APRIL 17TH...SHREVEPORT
TIED A DAILY WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD.  JUST A FEW DAYS
LATER...AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...SHREVEPORT BROKE A
DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD DURING THE 20TH.

FOR APRIL 3RD...THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE IN SHREVEPORT ONLY
REACHED 48 DEGREES UNDER CLOUDY GREY SKIES.  THE PREVIOUS DAILY
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WAS 56 DEGREES SET BACK IN
1877.  FOR APRIL 4TH...THE COOL WEATHER CONTINUED WITH SHREVEPORT
AGAIN ONLY REACHING 48 DEGREES.  THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD COOLEST
HIGH FOR APRIL 4TH WAS 53 DEGREES SET DURING 1891.

DURING APRIL 17TH...SHREVEPORT TIED A DAILY WARMEST MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE RECORD AS THE DAILY LOW ONLY FELL TO 72 DEGREES.  THIS
RECORD WAS LAST SET AT 72 DEGREES DURING 1967.

DURING APRIL 19TH...A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH
SHREVEPORT.  A QUITE CHILLY POLAR AIR MASS AND CLEAR SKIES ALLOWED
THE MERCURY TO DIP TO 38 DEGREES DURING THE MORNING OF APRIL 20TH.
THIS TEMPERATURE BROKE THE PREVIOUS DAILY LOW RECORD OF 39 DEGREES
SET IN 1978.

NO SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING AFFECTED SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY
THIS APRIL.  SEVERAL OBSERVERS DID REPORT SOME SMALL HAIL DURING
10TH AND THE 27TH FOR THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OF THE MONTH.

&&

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