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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
955 AM CST WED NOV 06 2024

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
..................IN FACT..............................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             99   10/01/1938
 LOW              28   10/31/1993
HIGHEST           98   10/13
LOWEST            43   10/17
                       10/18
MEAN            73.6               67.4     6.2
DAYS MAX >= 90    15
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          1.49               4.59   -3.10
DAYS >= .01        3
DAYS >= .50        2
DAYS >= 1.00       0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.82   10/31 TO 10/31


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     13                 70     -57
COOLING TOTAL    288                143     145
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    26/050    DATE  10/15
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    37/040    DATE  10/15


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.

&&

WEATHERWISE DURING OCTOBER 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, SHREVEPORT RANKED
AS HAVING THE WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
OF 73.6 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE OLD RECORD OF 73.4 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1934.
DESPITE THE BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL, SHREVEPORT DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 30
DRIEST OCTOBERS ON RECORD, ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF
1.49 INCHES WAS OBSERVED DURING THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH AFTER OBSERVING
31 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAINFALL DATING BACK TO LATE SEPTEMBER.
THIS CONSECUTIVE PERIOD WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAIN RANKED AT THE 21ST LONGEST SUCH
PERIOD OF RECORD (TIED WITH SEPTEMBER 13TH-OCTOBER 13TH, 1892).

THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS AN INCREDIBLE 98 DEGREES WHICH WAS
OBSERVED ON THE 13TH. THIS TEMPERATURE SMASHED THE ORIGINAL RECORD OF 92 DEGREES
SET BACK IN 1963, AND TIED FOR THE SECOND HOTTEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WITH OCTOBER 3RD, 2019 AND OCTOBER 15TH, 2015. FOR REFERENCE, THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE RECORDED DURING THE MONTH WAS 99 DEGREES SET BACK ON OCTOBER 1ST,
1938. OTHER HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE ALSO TIED OR SET ON THE 23RD, 24TH,
26TH, 27TH, AND 28TH, WITH A HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD ALSO SET ON THE
30TH. NO STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY
AREA DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, ALTHOUGH THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
AND THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MIDDLE AND LATTER HALF
OF THE MONTH.

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