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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
656 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2025

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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             92   03/31/1974
 LOW              15   03/03/1943
HIGHEST           91   03/25
LOWEST            33   03/21
MEAN            64.7               59.0     5.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     2
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          3.46               4.90   -1.44
DAYS >= .01        8
DAYS >= .50        2
DAYS >= 1.00       1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.66   03/04 TO 03/04


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    109                224    -115
COOLING TOTAL    103                 39      64
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/260    DATE  03/04
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/290    DATE  03/04


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              7     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 MARCH 2025, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, THE MARCH AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 64.7 DEGREES TIED AS THE 8TH WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD, WITH 2020 AND 1910. HOWEVER, THE 3.46 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED
IN MARCH DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP 30 DRIEST MARCH`S ON RECORD. RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 13TH AND 25TH, WITH 90 AND 91 DEGREES
SET ON THOSE DAYS, RESPECTIVELY. THE 91 DEGREE TEMPERATURE OBSERVED ON
THE 25TH TIED AS THE SECOND WARMEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD DURING THE ENTIRE
MONTH OF MARCH, WITH MARCH 23RD, 1929 AND MARCH 30TH, 1946, ONE DEGREE SHY
OF THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD WHERE 92 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON MARCH
31ST, 1974. THE 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE OBSERVED ON THE 13TH WAS THE 3RD
EARLIEST 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE ON RECORD, BEHIND MARCH 9TH, 1911 AND MARCH
11TH, 1911.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY METRO AREA DURING
THE MORNING HOURS ON MARCH 4TH, WHERE A 59 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT
THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE
SHREVEPORT CONVENTION CENTER IN DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT. IN ADDITION, AN EF-1
TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS NEAR 93 MPH TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF
THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA STATE LINE AND MOVED EAST ALONG BLANCHARD-FURRH ROAD
BEFORE LIFTING SHORTLY BEFORE REACHING THE BLANCHARD CITY LIMITS. MULTIPLE
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED FROM THIS TORNADO, AND A METAL TRUSS TOWER
WAS TWISTED FROM THE NORTH AND BENT TO THE EAST ALONG THE TORNADO`S PATH.
THIS SAME STORM PRODUCED ANOTHER BRIEF EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM
WINDS NEAR 93 MPH IN THE NORTH HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH SHREVEPORT,
WHERE SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED AND A FEW METAL ROOF PANELS
WERE REMOVED FROM AN OUTBUILDING ALONG DIXIE SHREVEPORT ROAD. THE TORNADO
LIFTED SHORTLY BEFORE CROSSING THE RED RIVER INTO BOSSIER PARISH. ANOTHER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AFFECTED THE BLANCHARD AREA JUST NORTH OF SHREVEPORT
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MARCH 15TH, WHERE PING PONG BALL (1.5")
TO HEN EGG (2") DIAMETER SIZE HAIL FELL.

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