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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA  
250 AM CDT SAT JUN 08 2024  
   
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2024  
 
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART  
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
RECORD  
HIGH 102 05/31/1998  
LOW 39 05/04/2013  
HIGHEST 98 05/27  
LOWEST 61 05/15  
MEAN 78.6 74.0 4.6  
DAYS MAX >= 90 14  
DAYS MIN <= 32 0  
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)  
TOTALS 11.14 4.46 6.68  
DAYS >= .01 12  
DAYS >= .50 5  
DAYS >= 1.00 4  
GREATEST  
24 HR. TOTAL 4.10 05/22 TO 05/22  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 0 8 -8  
COOLING TOTAL 432 288 144    
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WIND (MPH)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/140 DATE 05/22  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 9 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 MAY 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL  
TEMPERATURES AND MUCH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE 11.14 INCHES OF  
RAIN THAT FELL IN SHREVEPORT DURING MAY RANKED AS THE 5TH WETTEST  
MAY ON RECORD, AND THE WETTEST SINCE 2018 (11.56 INCHES), BEHIND  
1884 WHERE 14.47 INCHES FELL. DESPITE THE ABUNDANT RAIN THAT FELL  
DURING THE MONTH, MAY RANKED AS WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURE OF 78.6 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD WARMEST  
MAY OF 78.4 DEGREES SET IN 2018.  
 
A DAILY RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS TIED ON THE  
7TH (WITH 2003) AT 75 DEGREES, WITH DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  
RECORDS SET ON THE 8TH (76 DEGREES), 25TH (78 DEGREES), AND 26TH (78  
DEGREES). IN FACT, THE 78 DEGREE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES RECORDED ON  
THE 25TH AND 26TH WERE ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE HIGHEST MINIMUM  
TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF MAY AT 79 DEGREES, SET ON THE  
27TH IN 1996. SHREVEPORT ALSO SET ONE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ON  
THE 27TH AT 98 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 97 DEGREES  
SET BACK IN 1886. THIS WAS NOT THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR  
THE MONTH THOUGH, AS IT FELL 4 DEGREES SHY OF TYING THE MONTHLY  
RECORD HIGH OF 102 DEGREES SET BACK ON MAY 31ST, 1998. DESPITE THE  
VERY WET MONTH, NO DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET THROUGHOUT  
MAY. HOWEVER, THE 4 DAYS DURING THE MONTH THAT OBSERVED DAILY  
RAINFALL AT OR ABOVE 1.00 INCHES CAME WITHIN ONE DAY OF TYING THE  
MONTHLY RECORD OF 5 DAYS SET BACK IN 1884 AND 1953.  
 
MAY WAS AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD MONTH ACROSS SHREVEPORT  
AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, WITH PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVED IN  
SOUTH SHREVEPORT ON THE 10TH, WITH A LARGER AREA OF GOLFBALL TO HEN  
EGG SIZE HAIL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH SHREVEPORT ON THE 22ND, AND A 58  
MPH WIND GUST RECORDED AT BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN BOSSIER CITY.  
A SHORT TRACK EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 97 MPH  
BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN DURING THE EVENING OF THE 22ND JUST EAST OF THE  
TAYLORTOWN COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISH, WHERE SOME DAMAGE  
OCCURRED TO SEVERAL HOMES, AND MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND  
UPROOTED. NUMEROUS ROADS THROUGHOUT SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY WERE  
ALSO FLOODED DURING THE EVENING OF THE 22ND, WHERE MULTIPLE CARS  
WERE STALLED IN HIGH WATER AND TWO OCCUPANTS OF A VEHICLE HAD TO BE  
RESCUED ON YOUREE DRIVE NEAR WASHINGTON STREET. THIS WAS A RESULT OF  
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4+ INCHES THAT FELL OVER THE METRO  
AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT EVENING.  
 
THE CLIMATOLOGICAL SPRING OF 2024 (MARCH-APRIL-MAY) TIED FOR THE  
WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WITH 2012 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF  
71.1 DEGREES. APRIL AND MAY SHARPLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS RECORD WARM  
SPRING, WITH APRIL RANKED AS TIED FOR THE 3RD WARMEST APRIL ON  
RECORD (WITH 2006) AT 70.9 DEGREES, AND MAY RANKED AS THE WARMEST ON  
RECORD AT 78.6 DEGREES. SPRING 2024 ALSO RANKED AS THE THIRD WETTEST  
SPRING ON RECORD AT 28.39 INCHES, BEHIND 2016 AT 29.21 INCHES, AND  
THE NOTORIOUSLY WET SPRING OF 1991 WHICH RECORDED 35.44 INCHES. APRIL  
AND MAY ALSO STRONGLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE NEAR RECORD SPRING, WITH  
APRIL RANKED AS THE THIRD WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 12.41 INCHES, BEHIND  
THE 21.84 INCHES SET IN 1991, WITH MAY ALSO RANKED AS THE 5TH WETTEST  
ON RECORD. WHILE THE NEAR RECORD RAINS THIS SPRING WERE A RESULT OF THE  
STRONG EL NINO THAT DEVELOPED DURING THE SUMMER OF 2023, AND AMPLIFIED  
DURING THE FALL/WINTER MONTHS, THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DURING  
EL NINO EVENTS CONTINUED THE TREND THAT HAS DEVELOPED SINCE THE LATE  
1980'S.  
 
 
 
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