Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
400 CXUS54 KSHV 140100 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 700 PM CST WED DEC 13 2023 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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 88 11/06/2017 11/03/2017 11/01/1984 LOW 16 11/29/1976 HIGHEST 86 11/07 LOWEST 33 11/02 MEAN 58.7 56.6 2.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 2.49 4.00 -1.51 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.91 11/30 TO 11/30 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 217 278 -61 COOLING TOTAL 32 26 6 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/300 DATE 11/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 34/330 DATE 11/21 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 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 NOVEMBER 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. HOWEVER, THE NOVEMBER MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND TOTAL RAINFALL FAILED TO PLACE WITHIN THE TOP 30 WARMEST AND DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD. WIDESPREAD SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS FALL SEASON ACROSS MUCH OF THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY METROPOLITAN AREA ON NOVEMBER 2ND, ALTHOUGH THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT FAILED TO REACH FREEZING FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH, WITH A LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 33 DEGREES RECORDED ON THE 2ND. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED ON THE 7TH, TYING THE OLD RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET JUST LAST YEAR (2022). NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREAS OR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. FOR THE FALL-TIME MONTHS (SEPT-NOV), SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, FALL 2023 TIED FOR THE 5TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH 2005 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 70.5 DEGREES (3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL), AND THE WARMEST FALL SINCE 2016 WHEN THE 2ND WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED (71.5 DEGREES). THE FALL 2023 TOTAL RAINFALL WAS 10.95 INCHES, WHICH WAS 1.10 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, AND DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP 30 DRIEST ON RECORD. THE INCREASE IN RAINFALL DID YIELD IMPROVING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREAS BY LATE SEPTEMBER, WHICH CONTINUED THROUGH LATE OCTOBER BEFORE A PERIOD OF ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS RETURNED THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER. AS OF THE NOVEMBER 28TH ISSUANCE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING MUCH OF CADDO, BOSSIER, AND NORTHERN DESOTO PARISHES. $$ 15