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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT AND 2019 SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
237 PM CST WED JAN 1 2020
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 84 12/03/2005
12/24/1955
LOW 5 12/23/1989
HIGHEST 80 12/15
LOWEST 26 12/19
12/18
MEAN 51.6 48.1 3.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 6
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 1.78 4.77 -2.99
DAYS >= .01 6
DAYS >= .50 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.85 12/10 TO 12/10
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 410 531 -121
COOLING TOTAL 4 7 -3
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/290 DATE 12/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 34/290 DATE 12/28
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
WEATHERWISE DURING DECEMBER OF 2019 IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY,
LOUISIANA, WE RECORDED WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS.
DECEMBER OF 2019 NOW RANKS AS THE SIXTEENTH DRIEST DECEMBER AND THE
DRIEST SINCE THE DECEMBER OF 2010 THAT ONLY TALLIED 0.41 INCHES FOR
THE DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.
SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY DID NOT OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND
FLOODING THIS DECEMBER. THE MONTH'S ONLY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT
OCCURRED DURING A BRIEF WARM SPELL AT MID MONTH WITH A RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE BROKEN DURING THE 15TH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR
DECEMBER 15TH REACHED 80 DEGREES AND BROKE THE PREVIOUS DAILY HIGH
STANDARD OF 78 DEGREES SET DURING 1984.
FOR THE YEAR OF 2019, THE YEARLY TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 66.8 DEGREES,
WHILE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE CLIMATOLOGICAL PERIOD
OF 1981 THROUGH 2010 COMPUTES TO 65.7 DEGREES. SHREVEPORT TALLIED
42.83 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING 2019, WHILE THE NORMAL YEARLY
RAINFALL COMPUTES TO 51.41 INCHES. 2019 DID NOT EVEN RANK IN THE
TOP THIRTY DRIEST YEARS ON RECORD.
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