Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
032 CXUS54 KSHV 020130 AAA CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 830 PM CDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 99 10/01/1938 LOW 28 10/31/1993 HIGHEST 95 10/01 LOWEST 42 10/31 MEAN 70.3 67.4 2.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 4.96 4.59 0.37 DAYS >= .01 7 DAYS >= .50 3 DAYS >= 1.00 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.95 10/26 TO 10/26 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 45 70 -25 COOLING TOTAL 219 143 76 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/140 DATE 10/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/150 DATE 10/05 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 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 OCTOBER 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 70.3 DEGREES TIED WITH 1935 AND 1928 AS THE 21ST WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. WHILE THE FIRST SEVERAL DAYS OF THE MONTH CONTINUED WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, A TWO WEEK STINT DURING THE MONTH OBSERVED NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES, BEFORE A MORE PROLONGED AND PRONOUNCED WARMING TREND RETURNED BY THE 19TH, WHICH CONTINUED THROUGH THE 29TH WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TIED ON THE 20TH AND 28TH. A RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO TIED ON THE 28TH WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES. WHILE 7 DAYS TALLIED MEASURABLE RAINFALL, 3 OF THESE DAYS RECORDED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH, ALTHOUGH NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET. HOWEVER, THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS DID HELP TO IMPROVE DROUGHT CONDITIONS SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREAS BY THE END OF THE MONTH. NO SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING WAS OBSERVED ACROSS SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY OR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA DURING OCTOBER. $$ 15