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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
914 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2024

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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             92   03/31/1974
 LOW              15   03/03/1943
HIGHEST           89   03/14
LOWEST            37   03/19
MEAN            63.8               59.0     4.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          4.84               4.90   -0.06
DAYS >= .01       11
DAYS >= .50        4
DAYS >= 1.00       2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.52   03/08 TO 03/08


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    107                224    -117
COOLING TOTAL     73                 39      34
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    26/310    DATE  03/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    36/160    DATE  03/25


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              7     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 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, MARCH RANKED AS THE
14TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 63.8 DEGREES,
BEHIND THE RECORD WARMEST OF 67.3 DEGREES SET IN 2012. SHREVEPORT SET
A NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES ON THE 14TH,
SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 87 DEGREES IN 2016. THIS WAS ALSO THE
WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH AND YEAR. SHREVEPORT ALSO SET A NEW RECORD
WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES ON THE 14TH, SURPASSING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68 DEGREES SET IN 1960. THIS 73 DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURE
ALSO TIED AS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE ON RECORD, THAT WAS ALSO SET ON
MARCH 19TH, 2012.

RAINFALL DURING THE MONTH WAS NEARLY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED, WITH MEASURABLE
RAIN RECORDED EVERY 4-5 DAYS. DESPITE NEAR NORMAL RAIN FALLING DURING THE
MONTH (JUST UNDER 5 INCHES), NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET. NO
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WERE RECORDED IN THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGHOUT MARCH.

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