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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1140 AM CDT SUN SEP 29 2024

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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            110   08/26/2023
                       08/25/2023
 LOW              53   08/17/1992
HIGHEST          105   08/18
LOWEST            71   08/21
                       08/22
MEAN            87.2               84.0     3.2
DAYS MAX >= 90    31
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          1.34               2.91   -1.57
DAYS >= .01        4
DAYS >= .50        1
DAYS >= 1.00       1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.07   08/31 TO 08/31

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  0       0
COOLING TOTAL    696                587     109
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              4.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/050    DATE  08/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    46/140    DATE  08/29


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     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 AUGUST 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, SHREVEPORT SET ITS 6TH
WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD, BEHIND THE RECORD SETTING YEARS OF 2011 (AT
91.5 DEGREES) AND 2023 (AT 90.4 DEGREES), BUT DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 30
DRIEST AUGUSTS ON RECORD.

SHREVEPORT RECORDED 11 DAYS IN WHICH TEMPERATURES REACHED/EXCEEDED 100
DEGREES, WHICH WAS FIVE MORE ABOVE THE NORMAL OF SIX DAYS BASED ON
CLIMATOLOGY DATING BACK TO THE 30 YEAR PERIOD OF 1990-2020. DESPITE THE
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH, NO RECORD HIGH OR
RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR SET, NOR WERE ANY
DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORDS SET. THE MAJORITY OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL
WAS OBSERVED DURING THE FINAL THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH, WITH A 46 MPH PEAK
WIND GUST RECORDED ON THE 29TH AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT FROM
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECTED THE METRO AREA. HOWEVER, NO SEVERE
WEATHER WAS OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

FOR THE SUMMER OF 2024 (JUNE/JULY-AUGUST), SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE SUMMER AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 85.3 DEGREES, WHICH TIED AS THE 8TH WARMEST SUMMER ON
RECORD WITH 1980, WELL BEHIND THE RECORDS OF 2011 (88.3 DEGREES) AND 2023
(86.4 DEGREES). THE SUMMER TOTAL RAINFALL WAS 13.42 INCHES, WHICH RANKED
AS THE 30TH WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD BEHIND 1933 (27.79 INCHES). THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE SUMMER RAINFALL FELL DURING JUNE AND JULY, AS THE FIRST
THREE AND A HALF WEEKS OF AUGUST WERE DRY. IN ALL, THERE WERE 16 DAYS
DURING 2024 IN WHICH THE HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED/EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES
IN SHREVEPORT, ABOVE THE NORMAL NUMBER OF 12 DAYS BASED ON CLIMATOLOGY
DATING BACK TO THE 30 YEAR PERIOD OF 1990-2020.

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