Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
000 CXUS54 KSHV 130106 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 806 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2023 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 105 06/26/2022 LOW 52 06/08/1977 HIGHEST 99 06/27 LOWEST 64 06/01 06/04 MEAN 82.8 80.9 1.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 26 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 5.03 4.78 0.25 DAYS >= .01 7 DAYS >= .50 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.86 06/03 TO 06/03 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 COOLING TOTAL 541 475 66 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/290 DATE 06/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 70/290 DATE 06/16 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 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 JUNE 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL. DAILY HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET THOUGH ON JUNE 20TH WHERE THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 79 DEGREES BEST THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 78 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2011. ANOTHER DAILY HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS ALSO SET ON JUNE 28TH, WHERE THE LOW TEMPERATURE ONLY FELL TO 80 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 79 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1980. IN FACT, THIS LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ONLY TWO DEGREES SHY OF TYING THE HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (82 DEGREES) FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, SET BACK ON JUNE 21ST, 1936. JUNE 2023 TIED FOR 19TH WARMEST JUNE OF RECORD WITH 1932 WITH A DEPARTURE OF 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, WELL BEHIND 1881 WHICH RECORDED THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD WITH A MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 85.8 DEGREES, 4.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ALL BUT TWO-TENTHS OF THE MONTHLY RAIN FELL DURING THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE, WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR OBSERVED ON THE 27TH WITH A READING OF 99 DEGREES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ON JUNE 3RD, WITH A 58 MPH WIND GUST RECORDED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. THESE WINDS DOWNED MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS SHREVEPORT, WITH FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL SHREVEPORT INTO BOSSIER CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE FLOOD FATALITY OCCURRED WHEN A MALE DROVE HIS VEHICLE INTO HIGH FLOOD WATERS ON HEARNE AVENUE NEAR DEVAUGHN STREET AND RIGHTWAY AVENUE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4+ INCHES FELL FROM THESE STORMS WITHIN ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS` TIME. MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF A DERECHO ROARED ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO MUCH OF NORTH LOUISIANA DURING THE LATE EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 15TH-16TH, WITH A 70 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 16TH. HOWEVER, EVEN STRONGER WINDS OF 80-100+ MPH WERE ESTIMATED FROM CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY TEXAS THROUGHOUT CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES, WITH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED THROUGHOUT SHREVEPORT. AN EVEN HIGHER WIND GUST OF 80 MPH WAS MEASURED NEAR THE PORT OF SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER FROM THESE STORMS. THIS RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE AEP SWEPCO ELECTRICAL GRID, WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES LASTING 2-7+ DAYS ACROSS MUCH OF SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY. A BRIEF EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 110 MPH ALSO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME EASTERN PANOLA COUNTY TEXAS WHICH MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST CADDO PARISH NEAR THE FOUR FORKS COMMUNITY AROUND 115 AM, SNAPPING AND UPROOTED MULTIPLE TREES BEFORE LIFTING. OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY FOLLOWED THESE STORMS, WITH A MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX OF 119 DEGREES MEASURED IN SHREVEPORT ON THE 17TH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AFFECTED SHREVEPORT ON JUNE 26TH, WITH AT LEAST SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ACROSS THE CITY. A 56 MPH WIND GUST WAS ALSO MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT FROM THESE STORMS. $$ 15