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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
830 PM CDT FRI MAY 05 2023

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

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             96   04/29/1887
 LOW              31   04/02/2019
                       04/03/1987
                       04/04/1987
                       04/05/1987
                       04/11/1989
HIGHEST           90   04/15
LOWEST            43   04/17
MEAN            64.8               65.9    -1.1
DAYS MAX >= 90     1
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS         10.31               5.19    5.12
DAYS >= .01       13
DAYS >= .50        5
DAYS >= 1.00       4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.07   04/06 TO 04/06


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     62                 78     -16
COOLING TOTAL     64                105     -41
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    54/320    DATE  04/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    73/320    DATE  04/02


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              7     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.

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WEATHERWISE DURING APRIL 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES BUT MUCH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
WERE SET ON THE 3RD AND 15TH, WITH 88 DEGREES AND 90 DEGREES OBSERVED
RESPECTIVELY. IN FACT, THE 90 DEGREE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET ON THE
15TH WAS THE FIRST 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO FAR IN 2023, AND
WAS THE FIRST TIME A 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN APRIL SINCE
THE SAME TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED ON APRIL 26TH, 2015. THIS 90 DEGREE
TEMPERATURE ALSO TIED FOR THE 15TH EARLIEST 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE IN
RECORDED HISTORY, WITH 1925 AND 1887. A RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
RECORD WAS TIED ON APRIL 4TH (WITH 1940), WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF
70 DEGREES. A RECORD LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO TIED ON THE 23TH,
WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES, TYING THE RECORD ALSO SET IN 1995.
THERE WERE FOUR DAYS DURING APRIL WHERE ONE INCH OR MORE OF RAINFALL WAS
OBSERVED, WITH TWO OF THESE DAYS RECORDING GREATER THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN,
AND ONE DAY GREATER THAN THREE INCHES. THE 3.07 INCHES RECORDED ON THE 6TH
DID SET A DAILY RAINFALL RECORD, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 3.04 INCHES
SET IN 1940. DESPITE THESE EXCESSIVE TOTALS, NO FLOODING WAS OBSERVED ACROSS
THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREAS, ALTHOUGH MINOR FLOODING DID OCCUR AT
WALLACE LAKE JUST SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT WITH THE LAKE CRESTING AT 151.7 FEET
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OM APRIL 9TH (FLOOD STAGE IS 151 FEET). THE
10.31 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED DURING THE MONTH DID TALLY AS THE EIGHTH
WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD, AND THE WETTEST APRIL SINCE 2016 WHEN 13.30 INCHES
WAS RECORDED (AND SETTING THE SECOND WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD).

A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DID MOVE THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL
SHREVEPORT DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS ON THE 2ND, WITH A 73 MPH WIND GUST
RECORDED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. THESE STRONG WINDS PEELED BACK
A PORTION OF A METAL ROOF OFF OF A HANGAR AT THE AIRPORT, AND DOWNED SPORADIC
TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THE CITY BEFORE WEAKENING. THIS CLUSTER OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO PRODUCED A DAMAGING DOWNBURST OVER THE CITY OF
BLANCHARD DURING THE EVENING OF THE 2ND, WHERE DAMAGING WINDS ESTIMATED
BETWEEN 65 AND 85 MPH DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES, WITH MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TO A FEW HOMES. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED BOSSIER CITY DURING THE
AFTERNOON OF THE 15TH, WITH MULTIPLE REPORTS OF QUARTER TO PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE CITY.

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