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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1033 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2024

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             84   12/03/2005
                       12/24/1955
 LOW               5   12/23/1989
HIGHEST           81   12/09
LOWEST            28   12/30
MEAN            53.1               49.5     3.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     5

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          1.58               4.94   -3.36
DAYS >= .01        5
DAYS >= .50        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.59   12/15 TO 12/15


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    365                490    -125
COOLING TOTAL      4                  8      -4
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    25/340    DATE  12/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    35/340    DATE  12/09


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

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

&&

WEATHERWISE DURING DECEMBER 2023, SHREVEPORT AGAIN RECORDED ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MUCH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, THE
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 53.1 DEGREES TIED FOR THE 18TH
WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD (WITH 1931), AND THE 3RD WARMEST SINCE
1984 BEHIND 2021 (62.8 DEGREES) AND 2015 (56.2 DEGREES). THE 1.58
INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL DURING THE MONTH WAS THE 15TH DRIEST
DECEMBER ON RECORD, AND THE DRIEST SINCE 2010 WHEN 0.41 INCHES WAS
RECORDED. WHILE MANY AREAS OF SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY HAD ALREADY
REACHED TO OR BELOW FREEZING BACK ON NOVEMBER 2ND, THE SHREVEPORT
REGIONAL AIRPORT WHERE CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS ARE KEPT OFFICIALLY
REACHED TO OR BELOW FREEZING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DECEMBER 11TH, WITH
A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 29 DEGREES. ONLY ONE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS
SET DURING THE MONTH, WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 9TH,
BESTING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 80 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1971. NO SEVERE
WEATHER WAS OBSERVED ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA DURING THE
MONTH OF DECEMBER.

FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED THE WARMEST YEAR ON
RECORD WITH AN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE OF 69.8 DEGREES, SMASHING THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 68.9 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2016. IN FACT, ELEVEN OF THE TWELVE
MONTHS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURES,
WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING APRIL, WHERE THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF
64.8 DEGREES WAS 1.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, 2023
RECORDED NEAR NORMAL ANNUAL RAINFALL, WITH 52.39 INCHES OBSERVED, WHICH
WAS ONLY 0.96 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUDED A VERY ACTIVE AND PROLONGED SEVERE WEATHER
SEASON OBSERVED FROM LATE MARCH THROUGH MUCH OF JUNE, WITH MULTIPLE
INSTANCES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND MEASURED SEVERE WINDS THROUGHOUT
SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY. A 73 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED ON APRIL 2ND,
FOLLOWED BY A 58 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED ON JUNE 3RD, WITH ANOTHER 70 MPH
WIND GUST MEASURED ON JUNE 16TH. LASTLY, A 56 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED
AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 26TH. DAMAGE WAS MOST
SIGNIFICANT FROM A DERECHO OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROGRESSED THROUGH
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST/NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA ON JUNE 15TH-16TH,
RESULTING IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH CAUSED PROLONGED
POWER OUTAGES OF NEARLY A WEEK OR MORE ACROSS MUCH OF THESE AREAS. WIND
GUSTS ASSOCIATED FROM THESE STORMS RANGED FROM 70-90+ MPH ACROSS THE
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY AREA.

FOLLOWING THESE SEVERE STORMS AND POWER OUTAGES, EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY
AFFECTED MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THE LATTER HALF OF JUNE THROUGHOUT JULY,
AUGUST, AND MUCH OF SEPTEMBER, WITH 36 DAYS RECORDING HIGH TEMPERATURES AT
OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. THIS RANKS AS 5TH
MOST ON RECORD, BEHIND THE RECORD OF 63 DAYS SET BACK IN 2011. IN FACT,
SHREVEPORT TWICE TIED (ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS) FOR THE ALL-TIME HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE ON RECORD OF 110 DEGREES, ON AUGUST 25TH AND 26TH. THE EXTREME
HEAT CONTRIBUTED TO FLASH DROUGHT DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH LOUISIANA
AND EAST TEXAS, WITH VERY LITTLE WETTING RAINS FALLING DURING JULY AND
AUGUST. AS A RESULT, A LARGE AREA OF D3 (EXTEME) AND D4 (EXCEPTIONAL)
DROUGHT DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH LOUISIANA, BEFORE CONDITIONS SLOWLY
IMPROVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND
THROUGHOUT OCTOBER. HOWEVER, SOME FORM OF MODERATE (D1) TO SEVERE (D2)
DROUGHT PERSISTED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

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