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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
738 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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             102   05/31/1998
 LOW               39   05/04/2013
HIGHEST            92   05/31
LOWEST             39R  05/04
MEAN             72.2              73.2    -1.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      4
DAYS MIN <= 32      0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS           2.65              4.93   -2.28
DAYS >= .01         9
DAYS >= .50         2
DAYS >= 1.00        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.07   05/15 TO 05/16

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      38                 7      31
COOLING TOTAL     268               263       5
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/310    DATE  05/21
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/010    DATE  05/04


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 MAY OF 2013 IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY...WE
RECORDED BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL.

THIS MAY FEATURED A QUITE COOL START WITH THE PASSAGE OF A QUITE
STRONG COLD FRONT DURING THE 2ND.  SHREVEPORT RECORDED THREE
CONSECUTIVE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS DURING THE 3RD...4TH...AND
5TH THAT ALSO INCLUDED AN ALL TIME MAY RECORD LOW DURING THE 4TH AS
THE THERMOMETER BOTTOMED OUT AT 39 DEGREES.

FOR MAY 3RD...THE MORNING LOW REACHED 41 DEGREES AND SET A NEW DAILY
LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD.  THE OLD RECORD FOR THE DATE WAS 47 DEGREES
SET IN 1911.  ALSO THE MONTHLY MAY RECORD WAS BROKEN THAT MORNING.
THE OLD MONTHLY RECORDS FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY WERE 42 DEGREES
SET DURING MAY 1ST OF 1903 AND MAY 12TH OF 1960.

FOR MAY 4TH...THE COLD SPELL CONTINUED AS THE MORNING LOW FELL TO 39
DEGREES.  THE FORMER DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS 44 DEGREES SET
DURING 1954.  THE 39 DEGREES ALSO SET A NEW MAY RECORD FOR THE
ENTIRE MONTH BREAKING THE RECORD JUST SET THE DAY BEFORE ON MAY 3RD
AS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH.  THE 39 DEGREES ALSO SET A
NEW RECORD FOR THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO LATE DURING THE
SPRINGTIME (MARCH 1 THROUGH MAY 31).

FOR MAY 5TH...ANOTHER RECORD LOW WAS SET AS THE MORNING LOW BOTTOMED
OUT AT 41 DEGREES.  THE FORMER DAILY LOW RECORD WAS 44 DEGREES SET
IN 1978.  THE 41 DEGREES ALSO SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO LATE DURING THE SPRINGTIME (MARCH 1 THROUGH
MAY 31).

AT MONTH`S END...SHREVEPORT MADE UP FOR THIS MAY`S COOL START WITH A
TIED DAILY WARMEST MINIMUM RECORD TEMPERATURE.  THE LOW TEMPERATURE
FOR MAY 31ST ONLY FELL TO 76 DEGREES AND TIED THE DAILY RECORD LAST
SET IN 1985.

SHREVEPORT NOTED TWO SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS FOR THIS MAY.  DURING MAY
16TH...A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
THEN MOVED AN UNUSUAL SOUTHEAST DIRECTION INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.
THIS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM BRUSHED THE VERY WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
EDGES OF SHREVEPORT WITH WIND GUSTS TO 90 MILES PER HOUR AND
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.  DURING MAY 21ST...A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS
PRODUCED SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE IN PARTS OF SOUTH SHREVEPORT AS WELL.

&&

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