Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
399 CXUS54 KSHV 080750 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 250 AM CDT SAT JUN 08 2024 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 102 05/31/1998 LOW 39 05/04/2013 HIGHEST 98 05/27 LOWEST 61 05/15 MEAN 78.6 74.0 4.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 14 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 11.14 4.46 6.68 DAYS >= .01 12 DAYS >= .50 5 DAYS >= 1.00 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.10 05/22 TO 05/22 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 8 -8 COOLING TOTAL 432 288 144 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/140 DATE 05/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 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 MAY 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MUCH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE 11.14 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL IN SHREVEPORT DURING MAY RANKED AS THE 5TH WETTEST MAY ON RECORD, AND THE WETTEST SINCE 2018 (11.56 INCHES), BEHIND 1884 WHERE 14.47 INCHES FELL. DESPITE THE ABUNDANT RAIN THAT FELL DURING THE MONTH, MAY RANKED AS WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 78.6 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD WARMEST MAY OF 78.4 DEGREES SET IN 2018. A DAILY RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS TIED ON THE 7TH (WITH 2003) AT 75 DEGREES, WITH DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET ON THE 8TH (76 DEGREES), 25TH (78 DEGREES), AND 26TH (78 DEGREES). IN FACT, THE 78 DEGREE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES RECORDED ON THE 25TH AND 26TH WERE ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF MAY AT 79 DEGREES, SET ON THE 27TH IN 1996. SHREVEPORT ALSO SET ONE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 27TH AT 98 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 97 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1886. THIS WAS NOT THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH THOUGH, AS IT FELL 4 DEGREES SHY OF TYING THE MONTHLY RECORD HIGH OF 102 DEGREES SET BACK ON MAY 31ST, 1998. DESPITE THE VERY WET MONTH, NO DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET THROUGHOUT MAY. HOWEVER, THE 4 DAYS DURING THE MONTH THAT OBSERVED DAILY RAINFALL AT OR ABOVE 1.00 INCHES CAME WITHIN ONE DAY OF TYING THE MONTHLY RECORD OF 5 DAYS SET BACK IN 1884 AND 1953. MAY WAS AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD MONTH ACROSS SHREVEPORT AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, WITH PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVED IN SOUTH SHREVEPORT ON THE 10TH, WITH A LARGER AREA OF GOLFBALL TO HEN EGG SIZE HAIL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH SHREVEPORT ON THE 22ND, AND A 58 MPH WIND GUST RECORDED AT BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN BOSSIER CITY. A SHORT TRACK EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 97 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN DURING THE EVENING OF THE 22ND JUST EAST OF THE TAYLORTOWN COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISH, WHERE SOME DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SEVERAL HOMES, AND MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. NUMEROUS ROADS THROUGHOUT SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY WERE ALSO FLOODED DURING THE EVENING OF THE 22ND, WHERE MULTIPLE CARS WERE STALLED IN HIGH WATER AND TWO OCCUPANTS OF A VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESCUED ON YOUREE DRIVE NEAR WASHINGTON STREET. THIS WAS A RESULT OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4+ INCHES THAT FELL OVER THE METRO AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT EVENING. THE CLIMATOLOGICAL SPRING OF 2024 (MARCH-APRIL-MAY) TIED FOR THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WITH 2012 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 71.1 DEGREES. APRIL AND MAY SHARPLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS RECORD WARM SPRING, WITH APRIL RANKED AS TIED FOR THE 3RD WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD (WITH 2006) AT 70.9 DEGREES, AND MAY RANKED AS THE WARMEST ON RECORD AT 78.6 DEGREES. SPRING 2024 ALSO RANKED AS THE THIRD WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD AT 28.39 INCHES, BEHIND 2016 AT 29.21 INCHES, AND THE NOTORIOUSLY WET SPRING OF 1991 WHICH RECORDED 35.44 INCHES. APRIL AND MAY ALSO STRONGLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE NEAR RECORD SPRING, WITH APRIL RANKED AS THE THIRD WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 12.41 INCHES, BEHIND THE 21.84 INCHES SET IN 1991, WITH MAY ALSO RANKED AS THE 5TH WETTEST ON RECORD. WHILE THE NEAR RECORD RAINS THIS SPRING WERE A RESULT OF THE STRONG EL NINO THAT DEVELOPED DURING THE SUMMER OF 2023, AND AMPLIFIED DURING THE FALL/WINTER MONTHS, THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DURING EL NINO EVENTS CONTINUED THE TREND THAT HAS DEVELOPED SINCE THE LATE 1980`S. $$ 15