Climatological Report (Monthly)
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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
125 PM CST FRI MAR 01 2024

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024...

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             89   02/20/1986
                       02/25/1977
                       02/25/1918
 LOW              -5   02/12/1899
HIGHEST           88   02/26
LOWEST            28   02/19
MEAN            59.0               51.8     7.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          3.37               4.30   -0.93
DAYS >= .01        5
DAYS >= .50        2
DAYS >= 1.00       2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.67   02/10 TO 02/10


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    207                380    -173
COOLING TOTAL     40                 11      29
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/270    DATE  02/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/290    DATE  02/11


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     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 FEBRUARY 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. FEBRUARY RANKED AS
THE 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 59.0
DEGREES, BEHIND THE RECORD WARMEST OF 60.8 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2017,
59.3 DEGREES SET IN 1932, AND 59.2 DEGREES IN 1976. A DAILY RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON FEBRUARY 26TH WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
88 DEGREES, WHICH SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 87 DEGREES SET
BACK IN 1986. THIS TEMPERATURE WAS ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR ALL OF FEBRUARY AT 89 DEGREES SET BACK
ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 1986 AND FEBRUARY 25TH, 1977 AND AGAIN IN 1918. A
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS TIED ON THE 27TH, WITH
1918. HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED ON FEBRUARY 26TH
AT 64 DEGREES (ALSO SET BACK IN 1904), WITH A NEW DAILY RECORD SET
ON THE 27TH AT 68 DEGREES, SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 63
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1918. IN FACT, THIS 68 DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURE ON
THE 27TH WAS ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE OF
69 DEGREES FOR ALL OF FEBRUARY SET BACK ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 1994. ONLY
ONE DAY DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH (FEBRUARY 19TH) OBSERVED TEMPERATURES
AT OR BELOW FREEZING AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT), WITH 5 DAYS
CONSIDERED NORMAL (DATING BACK TO THE LAST 30 YEARS SINCE 1990).

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL FELL DURING THE FIRST 11
DAYS OF THE MONTH, WITH NEARLY 18 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT
MEASURABLE RAIN BEFORE 0.10 INCHES FELL DURING THE EVENING OF THE
29TH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED PORTIONS OF SHREVEPORT AND
BOSSIER CITY DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF FEBRUARY 11TH, WITH ONE
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT SHORTLY BEFORE 345 AM.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY
BETWEEN 845-930 AM ON THE 11TH, WITH MULTIPLE REPORTS OF PING PONG
BALL (1.50") TO GOLFBALL SIZE (1.75") HAIL FALLING IN GREENWOOD,
BLANCHARD, NORTH SHREVEPORT, BENTON, BOSSIER CITY, AND HAUGHTON,
WITH ISOLATED LARGER HAIL OF 2" (HEN EGG) FALLING NEAR CROSS LAKE,
AND 3" DIAMETER HAIL (LARGER THAN BASEBALLS) FALLING IN THE RED
CHUTE COMMUNITY JUST EAST OF BOSSIER CITY. IN ADDITION, A 59 MPH
WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT, WITH A
62 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN BOSSIER
CITY.

DURING THE CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER OF 2024 (DECEMBER-JANUARY-FEBRUARY),
SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION. FOLLOWING AN ABNORMALLY DRY DECEMBER, MUCH OF JANUARY
AND THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF FEBRUARY WERE QUITE WET, WITH OVER A FOOT
OF RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA AND NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA. IN FACT, JANUARY RECORDED 10.33 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE
SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND RANKED AS THE 5TH WETTEST JANUARY ON
RECORD, AND THE WETTEST SINCE 1999. WHILE NO FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED
DURING THE 6 WEEK PERIOD (THROUGH MID-FEBRUARY), MANY OF THE AREA
CREEKS, BAYOUS, AND LAKES DID OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS, BEFORE RECEDING
DURING THE FINAL TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH. AREAS OF MODERATE TO SEVERE
DROUGHT THAT EXISTED OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TO START THE WINTER MONTHS
WERE QUICKLY ERODED BY THE EXCESSIVE RAIN. WHILE SHREVEPORT DID NOT RANK
IN THE TOP 30 WETTEST WINTERS ON RECORD DESPITE A RAINFALL TOTAL OF
15.28 INCHES, THE CITY DID RANK AS TIED FOR THE 19TH WARMEST WINTER WITH
2011-12 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 52.6 DEGREES, 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THESE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN A COMMON THEME ACROSS
THE REGION SINCE THE LATE 1980`S DURING EL NINO EVENTS, AND THIS MOST
RECENT EVENT CONTINUED THIS TREND IN TEMPERATURES, AS WELL AS ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

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