Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
278 CXUS54 KSHV 011925 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 125 PM CST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 89 02/20/1986 02/25/1977 02/25/1918 LOW -5 02/12/1899 HIGHEST 88 02/26 LOWEST 28 02/19 MEAN 59.0 51.8 7.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 3.37 4.30 -0.93 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.67 02/10 TO 02/10 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 207 380 -173 COOLING TOTAL 40 11 29 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/270 DATE 02/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/290 DATE 02/11 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 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 FEBRUARY 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. FEBRUARY RANKED AS THE 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 59.0 DEGREES, BEHIND THE RECORD WARMEST OF 60.8 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2017, 59.3 DEGREES SET IN 1932, AND 59.2 DEGREES IN 1976. A DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON FEBRUARY 26TH WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES, WHICH SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 87 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1986. THIS TEMPERATURE WAS ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR ALL OF FEBRUARY AT 89 DEGREES SET BACK ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 1986 AND FEBRUARY 25TH, 1977 AND AGAIN IN 1918. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS TIED ON THE 27TH, WITH 1918. HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED ON FEBRUARY 26TH AT 64 DEGREES (ALSO SET BACK IN 1904), WITH A NEW DAILY RECORD SET ON THE 27TH AT 68 DEGREES, SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 63 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1918. IN FACT, THIS 68 DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURE ON THE 27TH WAS ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES FOR ALL OF FEBRUARY SET BACK ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 1994. ONLY ONE DAY DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH (FEBRUARY 19TH) OBSERVED TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT), WITH 5 DAYS CONSIDERED NORMAL (DATING BACK TO THE LAST 30 YEARS SINCE 1990). THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL FELL DURING THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF THE MONTH, WITH NEARLY 18 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAIN BEFORE 0.10 INCHES FELL DURING THE EVENING OF THE 29TH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED PORTIONS OF SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF FEBRUARY 11TH, WITH ONE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT SHORTLY BEFORE 345 AM. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY BETWEEN 845-930 AM ON THE 11TH, WITH MULTIPLE REPORTS OF PING PONG BALL (1.50") TO GOLFBALL SIZE (1.75") HAIL FALLING IN GREENWOOD, BLANCHARD, NORTH SHREVEPORT, BENTON, BOSSIER CITY, AND HAUGHTON, WITH ISOLATED LARGER HAIL OF 2" (HEN EGG) FALLING NEAR CROSS LAKE, AND 3" DIAMETER HAIL (LARGER THAN BASEBALLS) FALLING IN THE RED CHUTE COMMUNITY JUST EAST OF BOSSIER CITY. IN ADDITION, A 59 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT, WITH A 62 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN BOSSIER CITY. DURING THE CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER OF 2024 (DECEMBER-JANUARY-FEBRUARY), SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. FOLLOWING AN ABNORMALLY DRY DECEMBER, MUCH OF JANUARY AND THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF FEBRUARY WERE QUITE WET, WITH OVER A FOOT OF RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. IN FACT, JANUARY RECORDED 10.33 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND RANKED AS THE 5TH WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD, AND THE WETTEST SINCE 1999. WHILE NO FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED DURING THE 6 WEEK PERIOD (THROUGH MID-FEBRUARY), MANY OF THE AREA CREEKS, BAYOUS, AND LAKES DID OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS, BEFORE RECEDING DURING THE FINAL TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH. AREAS OF MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT THAT EXISTED OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TO START THE WINTER MONTHS WERE QUICKLY ERODED BY THE EXCESSIVE RAIN. WHILE SHREVEPORT DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 30 WETTEST WINTERS ON RECORD DESPITE A RAINFALL TOTAL OF 15.28 INCHES, THE CITY DID RANK AS TIED FOR THE 19TH WARMEST WINTER WITH 2011-12 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 52.6 DEGREES, 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THESE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN A COMMON THEME ACROSS THE REGION SINCE THE LATE 1980`S DURING EL NINO EVENTS, AND THIS MOST RECENT EVENT CONTINUED THIS TREND IN TEMPERATURES, AS WELL AS ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. $$ 15