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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
725 PM CST FRI FEB 07 2025

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2025

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             85   01/25/1950
 LOW              -2   01/18/1930
HIGHEST           73   01/05
LOWEST            13   01/22
MEAN            43.6               47.9    -4.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32    16

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          2.98               4.40   -1.42
DAYS >= .01        8
DAYS >= .50        2
DAYS >= 1.00       0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.97   01/09 TO 01/09


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    652                537     115
COOLING TOTAL      0                  5      -5
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/250    DATE  01/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/320    DATE  01/05


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     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 JANUARY 2025, SHREVEPORT RECORDED BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. JANUARY WAS THE FIRST
MONTH TO RECORD BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES SINCE JANUARY 2024, WHICH
OBSERVED DEPARTURES 2.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL (WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE OF 45.7 DEGREES).

THIS MOST RECENT JANUARY WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY A STRONG ARCTIC AIR MASS THAT
SPILLED SOUTH FROM THE TEXAS COAST EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST FOR NEARLY A
WEEK FROM THE 19TH-24TH, WHERE A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPED
OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF AHEAD OF AN UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE, RESULTING
IN AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF HEAVY SNOW ALONG MUCH OF THE GULF COAST AND DEEMED A
ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT WITH WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TOTALS RANGING FROM 3-10+
INCHES. CLOSER TO HOME IN THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREAS, A VERY DRY AIR
MASS INHIBITED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS, WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS FALLING DURING
THE EVENING OF THE 20TH THROUGH THE MORNING OF THE 21ST. SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER
CITY WERE ALSO ON THE FRINGE OF A COLD, SUBFREEZING AIR MASS FROM THE 6TH-11TH,
WITH AN AREA OF OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION THAT WAS WIDESPREAD FROM THE
AFTERNOON OF THE 9TH THROUGH THE MORNING OF THE 10TH. WHILE NO SNOW WAS
OBSERVED HERE LOCALLY WITH THIS FIRST WINTER SYSTEM OF THE MONTH, PERIODS OF
SLEET WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN FELL AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT,
BUT SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAINED AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE
DURATION OF THE EVENT. THUS, ONLY A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WAS OBSERVED ON MAINLY
ELEVATED OBJECTS, WITH NO IMPACTS TO ROADS OR BRIDGES ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA.
ONLY LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN CADDO AND
BOSSIER PARISHES CLOSER TO THE ARKANSAS BORDER. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH.

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