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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR THE TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1222 PM CDT MON SEP 04 2023

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            110   08/18/1909
 LOW              53   08/17/1992
HIGHEST          110R  08/25
                       08/26
LOWEST            67   08/17
MEAN            90.4               84.0     6.4
DAYS MAX >= 90    31
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          0.59               2.91   -2.32
DAYS >= .01        2
DAYS >= .50        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.57   08/27 TO 08/27

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  0       0
COOLING TOTAL    793                587     206
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/320    DATE  08/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    50/340    DATE  08/27


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     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.

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WEATHERWISE DURING AUGUST 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MUCH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT,
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 90.4 DEGREES,
WHICH RANKS AS THE SECOND HOTTEST AUGUST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD,
BEHIND 2011 WITH A MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 91.5 DEGREES. TO ADD
INSULT TO INJURY, SHREVEPORT RECORDED 18 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE
GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 105 DEGREES DURING THE SUMMER, WHICH TIES AS
THE MOST ALL-TIME WITH THE RECORD HOT SUMMER OF 2011. SEVENTEEN OF
THESE DAYS OCCURRED IN AUGUST, WHICH AGAIN EQUALS THE NUMBER RECORDED
IN 2011. SHREVEPORT ALSO OBSERVED A RECORD NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING/EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES WITH 11 DAYS
FROM THE 17TH-27TH, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 7 DAYS SET BACK
DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST OF 2011. NUMEROUS RECORD HIGH AND
WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR SET IN AUGUST, WHICH WAS
HIGHLIGHTED WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 110 DEGREES OBSERVED ON THE 25TH
AND 26TH, WHICH TIED THE ALL-TIME HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN
SHREVEPORT SET BACK ON AUGUST 18TH, 1909. AUGUST ALSO CONTINUED THE
TREND FROM MID-JULY WITH A PROLONGED DRY SPELL, WITH A PERIOD OF 41
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAINFALL BEFORE ENDING ON AUGUST
27TH. THIS RANKS AS TIED FOR THE 5TH LONGEST PERIOD ON RECORD WITH 1924,
AND ONLY 5 DAYS SHORT OF TYING THE LONGEST ON RECORD WITH 46 DAYS SET
BACK IN 1921. ONLY TWO RAIN DAYS WERE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH (ON THE
27TH AND 28TH), ALTHOUGH THIS WAS FROM ONE RAIN EVENT AS THE RAINS
CARRIED OVER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THE 28TH.

WITH THE RAINS THAT CAME DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS ON THE 27TH,
AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED AND AFFECTED PORTIONS OF
SHREVEPORT, PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WHICH DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDES OF THE CITY. A 50 MPH WIND
GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT FROM THESE
STORMS, WITH 50-60 MPH WINDS ESTIMATED BY NWS EMPLOYEES ACROSS SOUTH
SHREVEPORT.

THE SUMMER OF 2023 RANKS AS TIED FOR THE 2ND HOTTEST SUMMER ON
RECORD (WITH 1881) WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 86.4 DEGREES,
ONLY BEHIND 2011 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 88.3 DEGREES.
HOWEVER, THE SUMMER OF 2023 DOES NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP 40 DRIEST
SUMMERS ON RECORD, GIVEN THE NEAR NORMAL RAINS THAT FELL DURING THE
FIRST SIX WEEKS OF THE SUMMER. THE CUMULATIVE SUMMER RAINFALL WAS
7.29 INCHES, WHICH WAS 3.90 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE EXTREMELY HOT
AND DRY CONDITIONS WHICH DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE
SUMMER RESULTED IN FLASH DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, WITH SEVERE (D2) AND EXTREME (D3) DROUGHT
CONDITIONS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF CADDO, BOSSIER, DESOTO, AND RED
RIVER PARISHES.

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