Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
801 CXUS54 KSHV 031435 AAA CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 935 AM CDT WED JUL 03 2024 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 105 06/26/2022 LOW 52 06/08/1977 HIGHEST 101 06/24 LOWEST 66 06/13 MEAN 84.3 80.9 3.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 27 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 6.56 4.78 1.78 DAYS >= .01 7 DAYS >= .50 4 DAYS >= 1.00 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.97 06/03 TO 06/03 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 COOLING TOTAL 588 475 113 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/310 DATE 06/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/300 DATE 06/26 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 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 JUNE 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, SHREVEPORT RANKED AS THE 8TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD, BEHIND THE RECORD WARMEST JUNE WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 85.9 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1881. THE JUNE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 6.56 INCHES RANKED AS THE 22ND WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD, WELL BEHIND THE RECORD WETTEST JUNE OF 17.11 INCHES SET BACK IN 1989. SHREVEPORT RECORDED ITS FIRST 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURE IN 2024 ON THE 24TH WHEN 101 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED, WELL AHEAD OF THE FIRST AVERAGE FIRST DAY OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WHICH NORMALLY OCCURS AROUND JULY 15TH. IN FACT, ANOTHER 100 DEGREE DAY WAS RECORDED ON THE 28TH, WITH MULTIPLE DAYS DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH WHERE TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE UPPER 90S. TWO RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET IN SHREVEPORT ON THE 29TH AND 30TH, WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES ON THE 29TH, AND 81 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. THE 82 DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURE SET ON THE 29TH TIED AS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WITH JUNE 21ST, 1936 FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE. THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF JUNE WERE QUITE ACTIVE WEATHERWISE, AS SIX THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES MOVED THROUGH THE REGION (INCLUDING NORTHWEST LOUISIANA) BETWEEN MAY 30TH AND JUNE 5TH. THESE STORMS CONTAINED AREAS OF GUSTY OR DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL, WITH WIND GUSTS OF 47 MPH MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 2ND AND 3RD, AND A 46 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED ON THE 5TH. MULTIPLE TREES WERE DOWNED IN KEITHVILLE (JUST SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT) ON THE EVENING OF THE 2ND, WITH ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT ON THE EVENING OF THE 3RD. ANOTHER LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A REINTENSIFIED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVED THROUGH THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ON THE 26TH, WHERE A 64 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. THIS RESULTED IN SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ACROSS THE CITY, BEFORE THE STORMS EXITED TO THE SOUTH AND GRADUALLY WEAKENED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE MONTHLY RAIN FELL DURING THE FIRST 5 DAYS OF THE MONTH, WITH ONLY 0.39 INCHES FALLING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. THUS, THE EXTREME HEAT AND DRY CONDITIONS THAT WERE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE MONTH HAVE QUICKLY DRIED OUT THE TOPSOIL EVEN IN WAKE OF THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE THE SPRING, RESULTING IN STRESSED VEGETATION IN AREAS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO THE DIRECT SUN. $$ 15