959  
CXUS54 KSHV 021338  
CLMSHV  
 
CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXTUAL SUMMARY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
738 AM CST MON MAR 2 2020  
   
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2020
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2020  
 
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART  
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
RECORD  
HIGH 89 02/20/1986  
02/25/1977  
LOW -5 02/12/1899  
HIGHEST 81 02/02  
LOWEST 24 02/07  
MEAN 50.6 50.6 0.0  
DAYS MAX >= 90 0  
DAYS MIN <= 32 7  
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)  
TOTALS 6.23 4.75 1.48  
DAYS >= .01 10  
DAYS >= .50 5  
DAYS >= 1.00 2  
GREATEST  
24 HR. TOTAL 2.26 02/10 TO 02/10  
 
DEGREE_DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 409 410 -1  
COOLING TOTAL 0 6 -6    
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WIND (MPH)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/310 DATE 02/26  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 34/310 DATE 02/10  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 4 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.  
 

 
 
WEATHERWISE DURING FEBRUARY OF 2020 IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY,  
LOUISIANA, WE RECORDED NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH ABOVE NORMAL  
RAINFALL. FEBRUARY OF 2020 NOW RANKS AS THE EIGHTEENTH WETTEST  
FEBRUARY AND THE WETTEST SINCE THE FEBRUARY OF 2018 THAT ALSO RANKS  
AS THE WETTEST FEBRUARY WITH ITS 9.21 INCHES.  
 
WITH SUCH WET CONDITIONS, AREA LAKES, RIVERS, AND BAYOUS DEVELOPED  
TYPICAL SEASONAL HIGH WATER COMMON DURING LATE WINTER AND  
SPRINGTIME. WITH THAT SAID, ONLY MINOR FLOODING AT BEST DEVELOPED  
AS AREA RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR WATER BODIES USE THEIR EXPERIENCES TO  
MITIGATE FLOODING PROBLEMS.  
 
SHREVEPORT DID RECORD A DAILY RAINFALL RECORD DURING FEBRUARY 10TH.  
WE TALLIED 2.26 INCHES OF DAILY RAINFALL AND BESTED THE FORMER DAILY  
RECORD OF 2.19 INCHES SET RECENTLY DURING 1998.  
 
FOR THE CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTERTIME OF 2019 AND 2020 FROM DECEMBER 1ST  
THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, SHREVEPORT AVERAGED A WINTER TEMPERATURE OF  
51.1 DEGREES WHILE THE NORMAL WINTER TEMPERATURE IS 48.5 DEGREES.  
SHREVEPORT TALLIED 15.98 INCHES OF RAINFALL WHILE THE NORMAL WINTER  
PRECIPITATION IS 11.78 INCHES.  
 

 
 

 
 
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