Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
000 CXUS54 KSHV 101552 AAA CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 1052 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2023 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 108 07/22/2018 LOW 58 07/07/1972 HIGHEST 105 07/30 LOWEST 68 07/24 MEAN 86.0 83.9 2.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 30 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 1.67 3.50 -1.83 DAYS >= .01 8 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.41 07/06 TO 07/06 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 COOLING TOTAL 659 586 73 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/330 DATE 07/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/310 DATE 07/16 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 JULY 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. A DAILY HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 80 DEGREES WAS TIED ON JULY 15TH WITH 1932, WITH A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 105 DEGREES ON THE 30TH TIED WITH 1998. SHREVEPORT TIED WITH 1939 AND 1881 WITH THE 13TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT 86.0 DEGREES, BUT DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 25 DRIEST JULYS ON RECORD. THE VAST MAJORITY OF JULY MONTHLY RAINFALL FELL WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH, WITH ONLY TWO DAYS RECORDING AMOUNTS BETWEEN A THIRD TO A HALF INCH. ONCE THE RAIN CEASED BY MID-MONTH, DAILY MAX TEMPERATURES CLIMBED TO THE UPPER 90S TO IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES EACH DAY, WITH SEVEN DAYS RECORDED WHERE TEMPERATURES REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES. THUS, SOILS BEGAN TO QUICKLY DRY OUT BY THE END OF THE MONTH, WITH GRASSES BEGINNING TO BROWN WITH THE DEVELOPING FLASH DROUGHT. THE INCREASED HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY ALSO RESULTED IN OPPRESSIVELY HOT CONDITIONS WHERE MULTIPLE DAYS WERE OBSERVED WHERE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES RANGED FROM 105-115 DEGREES. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ON JULY 3RD WITH A 58 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, AND AGAIN ON THE 6TH, WHERE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT WITH SEVERAL CARS STALLING IN HIGH WATER IN THE PROVENANCE NEIGHBORHOOD. A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (MCS) MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS, EAST TEXAS, AND NORTH LOUISIANA ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT ON THE 16TH, WHICH PRODUCED WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE OBSERVED ACROSS THESE AREAS, INCLUDING THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY AREA. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE METRO AREA, WITH A 60 MPH WIND GUST ESTIMATED IN DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT, A 60 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, AND A 54 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. $$ 15