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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
717 AM CDT FRI NOV 1 2019
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2019
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2019
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 99 10/01/1938
LOW 28 10/31/1993
HIGHEST 98 10/03
LOWEST 35 10/31
MEAN 66.4 66.4 0.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 6
DAYS MIN <= 32 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 6.49 4.96 1.53
DAYS >= .01 11
DAYS >= .50 7
DAYS >= 1.00 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.91 10/25 TO 10/25
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 105 80 25
COOLING TOTAL 157 124 33
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/260 DATE 10/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 63/250 DATE 10/20
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
WEATHERWISE DURING THIS OCTOBER OF 2019 IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER
CITY, LOUISIANA, WE OBSERVED A NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WITH ABOVE
NORMAL RAINFALL. OCTOBER OF 2019 NOW RANKS IN TOP TWENTY WETTEST
OCTOBERS AT NUMBER 20 ON THE LIST.
THIS OCTOBER COMMENCED WITH HOT TEMPERATURES THAT CARRIED OVER FROM
SHREVEPORT'S WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. DURING OCTOBER 2ND AND
3RD, SHREVEPORT BROKE TWO DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS. THE
MERCURY REACHED 97 DEGREES DURING OCTOBER 2ND AND BROKE THE OLD
DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 96 DEGREES SET DURING 1989. THE
NEXT DAY OF OCTOBER 3RD, WE REACHED 98 DEGREES AND BROKE THE DAILY
HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD SET DURING 1883, 1925, AND 1954.
BY THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND WORK WEEK OF OCTOBER, A WELCOME COLD
FRONT PUSHED THROUGH AND BROUGHT RELIEF WITH A COOLER AIRMASS AND
BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. SEVERAL FRONTS PUSHED THROUGH DURING THE
REMAINDER OF OCTOBER WITH EACH BRINGING TIMELY RAINFALL THAT EASED
DROUGHT CONDITIONS FROM THE HOT AND DRY AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF 2019.
DURING OCTOBER 30, A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH THE ARKLATEX
REGION, AGAIN PROVIDING TIMELY AND BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. DURING
HALLOWEEN EVENING, A QUITE CHILLY AIRMASS FORCED AREA TRICK AND
TREATERS TO BUNDLE UP AS TEMPERATURES FELL INTO THE 40'S.
SHREVEPORT OBSERVED ONE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT DURING OCTOBER OF 2019.
DURING THE LATE EVENING OF OCTOBER 20TH, A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM
MOVED NORTHEAST FROM DEEP EAST TEXAS THROUGH CENTRAL SHREVEPORT AND
PRODUCED SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE. MEASURED WIND GUSTS FROM THE
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM REACHED 63 MILES PER HOUR AT THE SHREVEPORT
REGIONAL AIRPORT.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE 20TH, SHREVEPORT
DID NOT OBSERVE ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT WEATHER INCLUDING SEVERE
WEATHER AND FLOODING DURING THIS OCTOBER OF 2019. TO SUMMARIZE THIS
OCTOBER, WE OBSERVED TIMELY RAINFALL THAT EASED DROUGHT CONDITIONS
WITH SEVERAL COLD FRONT PASSAGES THAT BROUGHT PLEASANT AUTUMN
TEMPERATURES.
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