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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
210 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2024

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            108   07/22/2018
 LOW              58   07/07/1972
HIGHEST          101   07/03
LOWEST            68   07/21
MEAN            84.4               83.9     0.5
DAYS MAX >= 90    26
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          5.52               3.50    2.02
DAYS >= .01       11
DAYS >= .50        4
DAYS >= 1.00       2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.57   07/08 TO 07/08

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  0       0
COOLING TOTAL    609                586      23
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/290    DATE  07/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/290    DATE  07/17


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              5     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.

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WEATHERWISE DURING JULY 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. DESPITE THE ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL, SHREVEPORT
DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 30 WETTEST JULY`S ON RECORD.

SHREVEPORT RECORDED THREE DAYS IN WHICH TEMPERATURES REACHED/EXCEEDED 100
DEGREES, WHICH IS CONSIDERED NORMAL BASED ON CLIMATOLOGY DATING BACK TO THE
30 YEAR PERIOD OF 1990-2020. ALTHOUGH NO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE TIED
OR SET DURING JULY, THREE RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET IN
SHREVEPORT, WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES SET ON THE 3RD AND 4TH, WITH
A TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES SET ON THE 30TH. ONE DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION
RECORD WAS SET ON JULY 8TH, AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BERYL LIFTED
NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

WHILE EXCESSIVE HEAT DID HIGHLIGHT THE WEATHER HEADLINES THROUGH THE FIRST
WEEK OF JULY, THE PASSAGE OF THE REMNANTS OF BERYL DID RESULT IN A RECORD
NUMBER OF TORNADOES ACROSS THE NWS SHREVEPORT COUNTY WARNING AREA, WITH 43
TORNADOES HAVING TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS THE REGION. ONLY TWO OF THESE TORNADOES
TOUCHED DOWN IN CADDO PARISH, BUT FOUR TORNADOES WERE DOCUMENTED ACROSS
BOSSIER PARISH, WHILE EIGHT TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS DESOTO PARISH. THE STRONGEST
TORNADO THAT TORE THROUGH CADDO PARISH AFFECTED THE FOUR FORKS AREA AND WAS
RATED AS A STRONG LONG TRACK EF-1 WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS OF 110 MPH AND
A PATH LENGTH OF NEAR 28 MILES, WITH NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. SOME
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE LOUISIANA/TEXAS STATE LINE IN THE BETHANY
COMMUNITY WHERE A FEW ROOFS WERE DAMAGED FROM FALLING TREES. A SECOND, WEAKER
AND SHORTER TRACK EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS OF 95 MPH, TOUCHED
DOWN ALONG THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF WALLACE LAKE, WHICH LIFTED NORTHWEST ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH, AFFECTING THE SOUTHWEST FRINGES OF THE SOUTHERN
TRACE SUBDIVISION BEFORE LIFTING JUST SHY OF REACHING I-49. HERE, MULTIPLE
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHERN TRACE, WITH ONLY SEVERAL
SMALLER TREES SNAPPED/UPROOTED AND MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE OBSERVED OFF OF A FEW
HOMES IN SOUTHERN TRACE.

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