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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
649 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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              85   01/25/1950
 LOW               -2   01/18/1930
HIGHEST            79   01/28/2013
LOWEST             28   01/03/2013
                        01/07/2013
MEAN             49.4             46.8     2.6
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MIN <= 32      9

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS           4.76              4.20    0.56
DAYS >= .01        10
DAYS >= .50         4
DAYS >= 1.00        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.89   01/12 -
                        01/13

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     485               570     -85
COOLING TOTAL       8                 4       4
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/290    DATE  01/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/290    DATE  01/29


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              5     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      5

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

WEATHERWISE DURING JANUARY OF 2013 IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER
CITY...LOUISIANA...WE RECORDED SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND RAINFALL.

JANUARY OF 2013 WAS FAIRLY QUIET WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 15TH WHEN
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN DISRUPTED TRAVEL IN SHREVEPORT - BOSSIER AND
RESULTED IN NUMEROUS VEHICLE MISHAPS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
THROUGHOUT THE CITIES.  IN ADDITION...THE FREEZING RAIN RESULTED IN
SOME SCATTERED ELECTRICAL POWER DISRUPTIONS AS WELL.

DURING THE EVENING OF THE 29TH...A STRONG COLD FRONT WITH A SQUALL
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DOWNED A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES IN
SHREVEPORT.  THIS COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED STORM SYSTEM OBSERVED
STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM.  DURING THE
PREVIOUS DAY...JANUARY 28TH...THE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE ONLY DIPPED
TO 66 DEGREES...AND BROKE THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE
DAY.  THE OLD STANDARD WAS 64 DEGREES SET DURING 1970.

&&

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