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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
520 AM CDT MON OCT 02 2023
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 109 09/03/2000
LOW 42 09/30/1984
09/29/1967
HIGHEST 108 09/07
LOWEST 62 09/18
MEAN 82.4 78.3 4.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 28
DAYS MIN <= 32 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 3.50 3.46 0.04
DAYS >= .01 8
DAYS >= .50 2
DAYS >= 1.00 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.44 09/24 TO 09/24
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 0 2 -2
COOLING TOTAL 529 401 128
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/020 DATE 09/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 66/330 DATE 09/24
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
WEATHERWISE DURING SEPTEMBER 2023, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 82.4 DEGREES OBSERVED DURING SEPTEMBER RANKED
AS TIED FOR THE 6TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD, WITH 1939. SIX DAYS
OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING OR EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES DURING
SEPTEMBER, WITH THE 108 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE OBSERVED ON THE 7TH
FALLING ONE DEGREE SHORT OF TYING THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED
IN SEPTEMBER, WITH 109 DEGREES SET ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2000. RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR SET ON THE 5TH, 6TH, 7TH, AND 23RD,
WITH A RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED ON THE 6TH AT 79
DEGREES. THIS ACTUALLY TIED FOR THE 2ND WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE ON
RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND ONE DEGREE SHY OF THE RECORD
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES SET ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1925.
THE 6 DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES OBSERVED DURING SEPTEMBER
RANKED AS TIED FOR THE 5TH MOST ON RECORD WITH 6 DAYS, BEHIND THE
RECORD NUMBER OF 8 DAYS OBSERVED DURING SEPTEMBER 1980.
THE MAJORITY OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OBSERVED CAME FROM A CLUSTER OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH MUCH OF CADDO PARISH
(INCLUDING SHREVEPORT) DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THE
23RD, WITH THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT GUSTING TO 66 MPH FROM
THESE STORMS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
WERE DOWNED ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT METROPOLITAN AREA, WITH SOME AREAS
OF CITY NOT HAVING THEIR POWER RESTORED UNTIL A COUPLE DAYS LATER.
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