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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR THE MONTHLY NARRATIVE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1100 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2012

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           101
LOWEST             62
MEAN             83.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     28
DAYS MIN <= 32      0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS           3.62              2.73    0.89
DAYS >= .01        11
DAYS >= .50         1
DAYS >= 1.00        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    2.14

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL       0                 0       0
COOLING TOTAL     585               561      24
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/080    DATE  08/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/130    DATE  08/05


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 FOR AUGUST OF 2012 IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA...WE RECORDED
ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES.  THE MONTH ENDED
WITH A FLOURISH AS HURRICANE ISAAC AFFECTED SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER
CITY.

THE AUGUST OF 2012 PROVED A FAIRLY TYPICAL AUGUST FOR SHREVEPORT
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED ISAAC AS WE DID NOT BREAK
OR TIE ANY WEATHER RECORDS.  ISAAC DID DAMAGE SOME TREES IN
SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY AS WELL AS CAUSED SOME ELECTRICAL POWER
DISRUPTIONS...BUT THE DAMAGE REMAINED MINIMAL AS THE METRO AREA
REMAINED WELL IN THE WESTERN SEMICIRCLE OF THE CIRCULATION AS THE
CENTER TRACKED FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH JENA...OLLA...AND
WEST MONROE LOUISIANA.

SHREVEPORT RECEIVED 0.34 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM ISAAC AND RECORDED
A PEAK WIND OF 38 MILES PER HOUR FROM THE NORTH DURING AUGUST 30TH.
ALSO THE MINIMUM PRESSURE FELL TO 999.7 MILLIBARS OR 29.52 INCHES.

FOR THE SUMMER OF 2012...WE RECEIVED 14.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL...THE
NORMAL IS 11.78 INCHES.  OUR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE TALLIED TO 83.3
DEGREES...THE NORMAL IS 81.9 DEGREES.  THIS SUMMER PROVED MUCH NICER
THAN THE NOTORIOUS AND HISTORIC SUMMER OF 2011...THE WARMEST SUMMER
ON RECORD.

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