Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
000 CXUS54 KSHV 041722 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR THE TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 1222 PM CDT MON SEP 04 2023 ................................... ...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 ................................................ 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 ................................................ 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. && 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. $$ 15