Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
000 CXUS54 KSHV 041501 AAA CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 1001 AM CDT SUN JUN 04 2023 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 05/31/1998 LOW 39 05/04/2013 HIGHEST 91 05/29 05/30 05/31 LOWEST 50 05/02 MEAN 75.5 74.0 1.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 9 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 3.38 4.46 -1.08 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .50 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.83 05/11 TO 05/11 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 8 -8 COOLING TOTAL 334 288 46 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/170 DATE 05/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/170 DATE 05/10 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. && WEATHERWISE DURING MAY 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. HOWEVER, NO DAILY TEMPERATURE OR RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. THE ENTIRE MONTHLY RAINFALL FELL DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MAY, BEFORE SURFACE RIDGING BECAME ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH, THUS SHUTTING OFF THE INFLOW OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS ALSO PROVIDED FOR A LONG DURATION OF MOSTLY COMFORTABLE HUMIDITIES AND MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME, DESPITE THE HOTTER AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES OBSERVED BY THE END OF THE MONTH. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DID DEVELOP AND AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT ON THE 13TH, WHICH DOWNED A COUPLE OF TREES AT ELLERBE ROAD AND NORRIS FERRY ROAD. HOWEVER, NO MEASURABLE RAIN FELL AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT THAT DAY. FOR THE CLIMATOLOGICAL SPRING (MARCH-APRIL-MAY) OF 2023, SHREVEPORT TIED FOR THE 22ND WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WITH 2020, 2007, 1946, 1936, 1933, AND 1896 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.6 DEGREES. THE SPRING 2023 TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED WAS 18.99 INCHES, WHICH SET THE 25TH WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD, BUT STILL DRIER THAN THE SPRING OF 2016 (29.21 INCHES), 2015 (24.44 INCHES), 2020 (19.99 INCHES), AND 2021 (19.82 INCHES). $$ 15