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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
630 AM CST THU JAN 3 2013

...2012 RANKS AS ONE...IF NOT THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD ACROSS
MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE REGION...

CITY:          2012 YEARLY AVG.    DEPARTURE     RANK (WARMEST YEAR
                 TEMPERATURE      FROM NORMAL          ON RECORD)

SHREVEPORT LA       68.7            +2.9         1ST (RECORDS SINCE
                                                      1872)

MONROE LA           68.1            +2.3         2ND (RECORDS SINCE
                                                      1930)

TEXARKANA AR        67.2            +3.3         1ST (RECORDS SINCE
                                                      1896)

EL DORADO AR        65.1            +1.6        10TH (RECORDS SINCE
                                                      1907)

TYLER TX            68.6            +3.2         4TH (RECORDS SINCE
                                                      1896)

LONGVIEW TX         68.5            +3.1        T1ST (WITH 1911)
                                                   RECORDS SINCE 1902

LUFKIN TX           70.0            +3.2         1ST (RECORDS SINCE
                                                      1906)

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