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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1052 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2023

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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            108   07/22/2018
 LOW              58   07/07/1972
HIGHEST          105   07/30
LOWEST            68   07/24
MEAN            86.0               83.9     2.1
DAYS MAX >= 90    30
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          1.67               3.50   -1.83
DAYS >= .01        8
DAYS >= .50        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.41   07/06 TO 07/06

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  0       0
COOLING TOTAL    659                586      73
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    40/330    DATE  07/16
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    54/310    DATE  07/16


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              8     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0

-  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 JULY 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. A DAILY HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD OF
80 DEGREES WAS TIED ON JULY 15TH WITH 1932, WITH A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE
OF 105 DEGREES ON THE 30TH TIED WITH 1998. SHREVEPORT TIED WITH 1939 AND 1881
WITH THE 13TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT 86.0 DEGREES, BUT DID NOT RANK IN
THE TOP 25 DRIEST JULYS ON RECORD. THE VAST MAJORITY OF JULY MONTHLY
RAINFALL FELL WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH, WITH ONLY TWO DAYS
RECORDING AMOUNTS BETWEEN A THIRD TO A HALF INCH. ONCE THE RAIN CEASED BY
MID-MONTH, DAILY MAX TEMPERATURES CLIMBED TO THE UPPER 90S TO IN EXCESS OF
100 DEGREES EACH DAY, WITH SEVEN DAYS RECORDED WHERE TEMPERATURES REACHED OR
EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES. THUS, SOILS BEGAN TO QUICKLY DRY OUT BY THE END OF THE
MONTH, WITH GRASSES BEGINNING TO BROWN WITH THE DEVELOPING FLASH DROUGHT.
THE INCREASED HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY ALSO RESULTED IN OPPRESSIVELY HOT
CONDITIONS WHERE MULTIPLE DAYS WERE OBSERVED WHERE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES
RANGED FROM 105-115 DEGREES.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ON JULY 3RD WITH A 58 MPH WIND
GUST MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, AND AGAIN ON THE 6TH, WHERE
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT WITH
SEVERAL CARS STALLING IN HIGH WATER IN THE PROVENANCE NEIGHBORHOOD. A
MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (MCS) MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS, EAST TEXAS,
AND NORTH LOUISIANA ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT ON THE 16TH, WHICH PRODUCED
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE OBSERVED ACROSS THESE AREAS, INCLUDING THE SHREVEPORT
AND BOSSIER CITY AREA. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS
THE METRO AREA, WITH A 60 MPH WIND GUST ESTIMATED IN DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT,
A 60 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, AND A 54 MPH WIND
GUST MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT.

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