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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
634 AM CDT MON APR 1 2013

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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              92   03/31/1974
 LOW               15   03/03/1943
HIGHEST            81   03/17
                        03/16
                        03/15
LOWEST             26   03/03
MEAN             55.4              57.9    -2.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MIN <= 32      7

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS           3.58              4.14   -0.56
DAYS >= .01         6
DAYS >= .50         3
DAYS >= 1.00        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.58   03/30 TO 03/30

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     306               251      55
COOLING TOTAL      17                31     -14
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    49/310    DATE  03/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    63/300    DATE  03/30


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 MARCH OF 2013 IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY...WE
RECORDED SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL RAINFALL.  THIS MARCH REMAINED RATHER ATYPICAL THROUGH THE
29TH WITH NO BROKEN OR TIED WEATHER RECORDS...AS WELL AS NO SEVERE
WEATHER OR FLOODING.  DURING THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF MARCH...THE
FABLED LION EXITED THE MONTH AFTER THE TRANQUIL LAMB DOMINATED MUCH
OF MARCH.

DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF MARCH 30TH...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
MOVED SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE SHREVEPORT AREA PRODUCING COPIOUS
AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL THAT EASILY COVERED THE GROUND.
WIND GUSTS UPWARDS TO 70 MILES PER HOUR ALSO DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES.

DURING THE LATE MORNING OF MARCH 31ST...A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS BLEW THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN AREA WITH WIND GUSTS
UPWARDS OF 65 MILES PER HOUR AND ADDITIONAL TREE AND POWER LINE
DAMAGE REPORTED.  RESIDENTS REPORTED SPORADIC ROOF DAMAGE AS WELL AS
ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL.

&&

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