Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
211 CXUS54 KSHV 290433 AAA CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 1033 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2024 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... 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 84 12/03/2005 12/24/1955 LOW 5 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 81 12/09 LOWEST 28 12/30 MEAN 53.1 49.5 3.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 5 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 1.58 4.94 -3.36 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.59 12/15 TO 12/15 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 365 490 -125 COOLING TOTAL 4 8 -4 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/340 DATE 12/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/340 DATE 12/09 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 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 DECEMBER 2023, SHREVEPORT AGAIN RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MUCH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 53.1 DEGREES TIED FOR THE 18TH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD (WITH 1931), AND THE 3RD WARMEST SINCE 1984 BEHIND 2021 (62.8 DEGREES) AND 2015 (56.2 DEGREES). THE 1.58 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL DURING THE MONTH WAS THE 15TH DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD, AND THE DRIEST SINCE 2010 WHEN 0.41 INCHES WAS RECORDED. WHILE MANY AREAS OF SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY HAD ALREADY REACHED TO OR BELOW FREEZING BACK ON NOVEMBER 2ND, THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT WHERE CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS ARE KEPT OFFICIALLY REACHED TO OR BELOW FREEZING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DECEMBER 11TH, WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 29 DEGREES. ONLY ONE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET DURING THE MONTH, WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 9TH, BESTING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 80 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1971. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH AN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE OF 69.8 DEGREES, SMASHING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68.9 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2016. IN FACT, ELEVEN OF THE TWELVE MONTHS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURES, WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING APRIL, WHERE THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 64.8 DEGREES WAS 1.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, 2023 RECORDED NEAR NORMAL ANNUAL RAINFALL, WITH 52.39 INCHES OBSERVED, WHICH WAS ONLY 0.96 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUDED A VERY ACTIVE AND PROLONGED SEVERE WEATHER SEASON OBSERVED FROM LATE MARCH THROUGH MUCH OF JUNE, WITH MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND MEASURED SEVERE WINDS THROUGHOUT SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY. A 73 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED ON APRIL 2ND, FOLLOWED BY A 58 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED ON JUNE 3RD, WITH ANOTHER 70 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED ON JUNE 16TH. LASTLY, A 56 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 26TH. DAMAGE WAS MOST SIGNIFICANT FROM A DERECHO OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROGRESSED THROUGH NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST/NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA ON JUNE 15TH-16TH, RESULTING IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH CAUSED PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES OF NEARLY A WEEK OR MORE ACROSS MUCH OF THESE AREAS. WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED FROM THESE STORMS RANGED FROM 70-90+ MPH ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY AREA. FOLLOWING THESE SEVERE STORMS AND POWER OUTAGES, EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY AFFECTED MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THE LATTER HALF OF JUNE THROUGHOUT JULY, AUGUST, AND MUCH OF SEPTEMBER, WITH 36 DAYS RECORDING HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. THIS RANKS AS 5TH MOST ON RECORD, BEHIND THE RECORD OF 63 DAYS SET BACK IN 2011. IN FACT, SHREVEPORT TWICE TIED (ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS) FOR THE ALL-TIME HOTTEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD OF 110 DEGREES, ON AUGUST 25TH AND 26TH. THE EXTREME HEAT CONTRIBUTED TO FLASH DROUGHT DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS, WITH VERY LITTLE WETTING RAINS FALLING DURING JULY AND AUGUST. AS A RESULT, A LARGE AREA OF D3 (EXTEME) AND D4 (EXCEPTIONAL) DROUGHT DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH LOUISIANA, BEFORE CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND THROUGHOUT OCTOBER. HOWEVER, SOME FORM OF MODERATE (D1) TO SEVERE (D2) DROUGHT PERSISTED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. $$ 15