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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1103 PM CDT TUE APR 04 2023
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2023
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 86 03/01
LOWEST 28 03/20
MEAN 62.6 59.0 3.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 2
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 5.30 4.90 0.40
DAYS >= .01 8
DAYS >= .50 6
DAYS >= 1.00 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.14 03/09 TO 03/09
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 144 224 -80
COOLING TOTAL 76 39 37
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/170 DATE 03/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/170 DATE 03/31
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 8 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 2023, SHREVEPORT AGAIN RECORDED ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES, BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. MARCH
BEGAN WITH A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BEING SET, WITH 86 DEGREES
RECORDED ON THE 1ST, SURPASSING THE OLD RECORD OF 85 DEGREES SET
BACK IN 2012. THE MORNING LOW OF 70 DEGREES THAT MORNING ALSO SET A
RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE, SURPASSING THE OLD
RECORD OF 67 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1908. EVEN WITH THE ABOVE NORMAL
HEAT OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH, THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
62.6 DEGREES DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 20 WARMEST MARCH'S ON RECORD.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTED PORTIONS OF SHREVEPORT ON MARCH 2ND,
WITH AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 100 MPH
TOUCHING DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF TOWN JUST EAST OF NORRIS
FERRY ROAD, WHICH TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS ELLERBE ROAD, THROUGH THE
TWELVE OAKS SUBDIVISION ALONG FLOURNOY LUCAS, AND THROUGH THE AZALEA
GARDEN AND TOWN-SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS BEFORE EVENTUALLY TRACKING ACROSS
YOUREE DRIVE AND ONTO THE CAMPUS OF LSU-SHREVEPORT BEFORE LIFTING.
MULTIPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE TORNADO'S PATH, WITH SOME
DAMAGE TO HOMES. IN TOTAL, 98 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND 4 BUSINESSES
SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO.
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