Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
362 CXUS54 KSHV 151910 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 210 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2024 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 108 07/22/2018 LOW 58 07/07/1972 HIGHEST 101 07/03 LOWEST 68 07/21 MEAN 84.4 83.9 0.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 26 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 5.52 3.50 2.02 DAYS >= .01 11 DAYS >= .50 4 DAYS >= 1.00 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.57 07/08 TO 07/08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 COOLING TOTAL 609 586 23 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/290 DATE 07/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/290 DATE 07/17 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && WEATHERWISE DURING JULY 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. DESPITE THE ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL, SHREVEPORT DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 30 WETTEST JULY`S ON RECORD. SHREVEPORT RECORDED THREE DAYS IN WHICH TEMPERATURES REACHED/EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES, WHICH IS CONSIDERED NORMAL BASED ON CLIMATOLOGY DATING BACK TO THE 30 YEAR PERIOD OF 1990-2020. ALTHOUGH NO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR SET DURING JULY, THREE RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET IN SHREVEPORT, WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES SET ON THE 3RD AND 4TH, WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES SET ON THE 30TH. ONE DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET ON JULY 8TH, AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BERYL LIFTED NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. WHILE EXCESSIVE HEAT DID HIGHLIGHT THE WEATHER HEADLINES THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY, THE PASSAGE OF THE REMNANTS OF BERYL DID RESULT IN A RECORD NUMBER OF TORNADOES ACROSS THE NWS SHREVEPORT COUNTY WARNING AREA, WITH 43 TORNADOES HAVING TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS THE REGION. ONLY TWO OF THESE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN CADDO PARISH, BUT FOUR TORNADOES WERE DOCUMENTED ACROSS BOSSIER PARISH, WHILE EIGHT TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS DESOTO PARISH. THE STRONGEST TORNADO THAT TORE THROUGH CADDO PARISH AFFECTED THE FOUR FORKS AREA AND WAS RATED AS A STRONG LONG TRACK EF-1 WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS OF 110 MPH AND A PATH LENGTH OF NEAR 28 MILES, WITH NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE LOUISIANA/TEXAS STATE LINE IN THE BETHANY COMMUNITY WHERE A FEW ROOFS WERE DAMAGED FROM FALLING TREES. A SECOND, WEAKER AND SHORTER TRACK EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS OF 95 MPH, TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF WALLACE LAKE, WHICH LIFTED NORTHWEST ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH, AFFECTING THE SOUTHWEST FRINGES OF THE SOUTHERN TRACE SUBDIVISION BEFORE LIFTING JUST SHY OF REACHING I-49. HERE, MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHERN TRACE, WITH ONLY SEVERAL SMALLER TREES SNAPPED/UPROOTED AND MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE OBSERVED OFF OF A FEW HOMES IN SOUTHERN TRACE. $$ 15