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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
935 AM CDT WED JUL 03 2024

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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            105   06/26/2022
 LOW              52   06/08/1977
HIGHEST          101   06/24
LOWEST            66   06/13
MEAN            84.3               80.9     3.4
DAYS MAX >= 90    27
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          6.56               4.78    1.78
DAYS >= .01        7
DAYS >= .50        4
DAYS >= 1.00       3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.97   06/03 TO 06/03

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  0       0
COOLING TOTAL    588                475     113
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    44/310    DATE  06/26
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    64/300    DATE  06/26


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.

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WEATHERWISE DURING JUNE 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, SHREVEPORT RANKED
AS THE 8TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD, BEHIND THE RECORD WARMEST JUNE
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 85.9 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1881. THE JUNE
MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 6.56 INCHES RANKED AS THE 22ND WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD,
WELL BEHIND THE RECORD WETTEST JUNE OF 17.11 INCHES SET BACK IN 1989.

SHREVEPORT RECORDED ITS FIRST 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURE IN 2024 ON THE
24TH WHEN 101 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED, WELL AHEAD OF THE FIRST AVERAGE
FIRST DAY OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WHICH NORMALLY OCCURS AROUND JULY 15TH. IN
FACT, ANOTHER 100 DEGREE DAY WAS RECORDED ON THE 28TH, WITH MULTIPLE DAYS
DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH WHERE TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE
UPPER 90S. TWO RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET IN SHREVEPORT
ON THE 29TH AND 30TH, WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES ON THE 29TH,
AND 81 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. THE 82 DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURE SET ON THE 29TH
TIED AS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WITH JUNE 21ST, 1936 FOR THE ENTIRE
MONTH OF JUNE.

THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF JUNE WERE QUITE ACTIVE WEATHERWISE, AS SIX THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEXES MOVED THROUGH THE REGION (INCLUDING NORTHWEST LOUISIANA) BETWEEN
MAY 30TH AND JUNE 5TH. THESE STORMS CONTAINED AREAS OF GUSTY OR DAMAGING
WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL, WITH WIND GUSTS OF 47 MPH MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT
REGIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 2ND AND 3RD, AND A 46 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED ON THE
5TH. MULTIPLE TREES WERE DOWNED IN KEITHVILLE (JUST SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT) ON
THE EVENING OF THE 2ND, WITH ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST
SHREVEPORT ON THE EVENING OF THE 3RD. ANOTHER LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ASSOCIATED WITH A REINTENSIFIED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVED THROUGH THE
SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ON THE 26TH,
WHERE A 64 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT.
THIS RESULTED IN SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ACROSS THE CITY, BEFORE
THE STORMS EXITED TO THE SOUTH AND GRADUALLY WEAKENED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT
THE MAJORITY OF THE MONTHLY RAIN FELL DURING THE FIRST 5 DAYS OF THE MONTH,
WITH ONLY 0.39 INCHES FALLING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. THUS, THE
EXTREME HEAT AND DRY CONDITIONS THAT WERE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE
MONTH HAVE QUICKLY DRIED OUT THE TOPSOIL EVEN IN WAKE OF THE MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL RAINFALL THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE THE SPRING, RESULTING IN STRESSED
VEGETATION IN AREAS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO THE DIRECT SUN.

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