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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
340 AM CST FRI JAN 03 2025

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

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             84   12/07/2022
                       12/10/2021
                       12/03/2005
                       12/24/1955
 LOW               5   12/23/1989
HIGHEST           80   12/16
LOWEST            29   12/22
MEAN            54.4               49.5     4.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     5

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          9.16               4.94    4.22
DAYS >= .01       11
DAYS >= .50        5
DAYS >= 1.00       4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.15   12/26 TO 12/26


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    339                490    -151
COOLING TOTAL     18                  8      10
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/350    DATE  12/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/010    DATE  12/28


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              6     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 DECEMBER 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND MUCH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. DECEMBER TIED FOR 12TH WARMEST
ON RECORD (WITH 1939) WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 54.4 DEGREES,
BEHIND THE RECORD WARMEST OF 63.1 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1889. DECEMBER ALSO
RANKED AS THE 9TH WETTEST ON RECORD, BEHIND THE RECORD OF 15.55 INCHES SET
BACK IN 1884. DESPITE THE ABNORMALLY WARM AND WET MONTH, NO DAILY TEMPERATURE
OR RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR SET IN SHREVEPORT. WHILE NO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA DURING
DECEMBER, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH ON THE 28TH PRODUCED A 49 MPH
WIND GUST AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT.

FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2024, SHREVEPORT RANKED AT THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 70.6 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
69.8 DEGREES SET IN 2023. SHREVEPORT ALSO RANKED AS THE SECOND WETTEST YEAR ON
RECORD HAVING OBSERVED 72.46 INCHES OF RAIN, BEHIND 81.99 INCHES SET BACK IN
1991. THREE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR RECORDED MONTHLY TOTALS IN EXCESS OF
10 INCHES (JANUARY, APRIL, AND MAY), WITH DECEMBER JUST SHY OF THE 10 INCH MARK
WITH 9.16 INCHES.

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