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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
801 AM CDT WED APR 1 2020
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 92 03/31/1974
LOW 15 03/03/1943
HIGHEST 90 03/27
LOWEST 37 03/07
MEAN 64.7 57.9 6.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 1
DAYS MIN <= 32 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 5.90 4.14 1.76
DAYS >= .01 15
DAYS >= .50 5
DAYS >= 1.00 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.59 03/04 TO 03/04
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 97 251 -154
COOLING TOTAL 98 31 67
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/290 DATE 03/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/300 DATE 03/20
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 7 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 MARCH OF 2020 IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY,
LOUISIANA, WE RECORDED MUCH WARMER AND WETTER CONDITIONS THAN
NORMAL. MARCH OF 2020 NOW RANKS AS THE EIGHTH WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD AND THE WARMEST MARCH SINCE THAT OF 2012 THAT RANKS AS THE
WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.3 DEGREES.
SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY ONLY OBSERVED ONE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT
DURING THIS MARCH. SMALL HAIL NEAR ONE INCH DIAMETER FELL ACROSS
PORTIONS OF BOTH CITIES DURING THE EARLY MORNING OF MARCH 4TH
SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. FINALLY, ALTHOUGH WE RECORDED WET
CONDITIONS, WE OBSERVED NO FLOODING THIS MARCH AS THE RAINS FELL
DURING FIFTEEN DAYS THIS MONTH.
SHREVEPORT RECORDED TWO NEW DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THIS
MARCH. DURING MARCH 26TH, WE REACHED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89
DEGREES, BREAKING THE FORMER DAILY STANDARD OF 88 DEGREES SET DURING
2011. DURING THE NEXT DAY, MARCH 27TH, WE REACHED THE 90 DEGREE
MARK AND BROKE THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD OF 89 DEGREES SET DURING
1935. WE NORMALLY REACH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES DURING EARLY JUNE,
HENCE OVER TWO MONTHS EARLIER THAN USUAL.
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