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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
925 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2024

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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             89   11/04/2024
 LOW              16   11/29/1976
HIGHEST           89R  11/04
LOWEST            27   11/30
MEAN            64.5               56.6     7.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          4.02               4.00    0.02
DAYS >= .01        9
DAYS >= .50        4
DAYS >= 1.00       1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.14   11/05 TO 11/05


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    125                278    -153
COOLING TOTAL    119                 26      93
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    28/280    DATE  11/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    41/270    DATE  11/18


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     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.

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WEATHERWISE DURING NOVEMBER 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, FOR THE SECOND
STRAIGHT MONTH (IN ADDITION TO OCTOBER), SHREVEPORT RECORDED THE
WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF
64.5 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 63.3 DEGREES SET
BACK IN 1927. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES OBSERVED ON THE 4TH
SET THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE IN RECORDED HISTORY FOR THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 88 DEGREES WHICH TIED ON
MULTIPLE DATES. THIS TEMPERATURE ALSO WAS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE
RECORDED IN SHREVEPORT THIS LATE IN THE CALENDAR YEAR. ANOTHER
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 83 DEGREES ON THE 18TH TIED WITH THIS
SAME TEMPERATURE SET FOR THE DATE IN 1942. HIGHEST MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR SET ON THE 3RD, 4TH, AND 12TH, WITH
THE 76 DEGREE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED ON THE 4TH ALSO SETTING
THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON RECORD THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER, AND LATEST IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AFFECTED THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER.

FOR THE CLIMATOLOGICAL FALL OF SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, FALL 2024
RANKED AS THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD AT 72.8 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72.2 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1913. THE FALL 2024
TOTAL RAINFALL IN SHREVEPORT WAS 7.79 INCHES, WHICH WAS 4.26 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 30 DRIEST FALLS ON
RECORD, DESPITE THE MUCH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL OBSERVED DURING
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

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