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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
817 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2020  
   
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 96 04/29/1887  
LOW 31 04/02/2019  
04/11/1989  
04/05/1987  
HIGHEST 88 04/08  
LOWEST 39 04/15  
MEAN 65.3 65.2 0.1  
DAYS MAX >= 90 0  
DAYS MIN <= 32 0  
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)  
TOTALS 7.77 4.19 3.58  
DAYS >= .01 10  
DAYS >= .50 6  
DAYS >= 1.00 3  
GREATEST  
24 HR. TOTAL 2.61 04/22 TO 04/22  
 
DEGREE_DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 68 86 -18  
COOLING TOTAL 82 94 -12   
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WIND (MPH)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/250 DATE 04/12  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/240 DATE 04/12  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 8 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 APRIL OF 2020 IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY,  
LOUISIANA, WE RECORDED NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH ABOVE NORMAL  
RAINFALL. APRIL OF 2020 NOW RANK AS THE EIGHTEENTH WETTEST APRIL  
AND THE WETTEST APRIL SINCE THE APRIL OF 2016 THAT TALLIED A  
WHOPPING 13.30 INCHES.  
 
RATHER ACTIVE WEATHER PLAGUED SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY WITH  
SEVERAL DAYS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROWING LARGE HAIL AND  
DAMAGING WINDS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. SEVERE WEATHER AFFECTED THE  
METRO AREA DURING APRIL 12TH, 22ND, 24TH, AND 28TH. NORTH BOSSIER  
CITY OBSERVERS REPORTED THE MONTH'S SEVERE WEATHER PEAK WITH  
SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL DURING THE EVENING OF 24TH. MAJOR HAIL DAMAGE  
RESULTED IN SEVERAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF LOSSES TO AUTOMOBILES,  
ROOFS, AND STRUCTURES.  
 
WELL DISTRIBUTED RAINFALL RECORDED DURING TEN DAYS OF APRIL  
PREVENTED ANY FLOODING. FINALLY, SHREVEPORT SET A NEW DAILY WARMEST  
LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD DURING APRIL 8TH. THE LOW TEMPERATURE THAT  
DAY ONLY RECEDED TO 72 DEGREES AND BESTED THE PREVIOUS DAILY WARMEST  
LOW TEMP RECORD OF 70 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1882.  
 

 
 

 
 
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