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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR MONTHLY AND ANNUAL TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
731 PM CST THU JAN 01 2026
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2025
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2025
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 85 12/26/2025
LOW 5 12/23/1989
HIGHEST 85R 12/26
LOWEST 25 12/15
MEAN 54.6 49.5 5.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 5
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 1.21 4.94 -3.73
DAYS >= .01 6
DAYS >= .50 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.46 12/01 TO 12/01
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 353 490 -137
COOLING TOTAL 38 8 30
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/320 DATE 12/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/310 DATE 12/28
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 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 DECEMBER 2025, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, DECEMBER 2025 TIED WITH
1956 AS THE 10TH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD AT 54.6 DEGREES, WELL BEHIND
THE RECORD OF 63.1 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1889, BUT THE WARMEST SINCE 2021
(62.8 DEGREES). WHILE THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH OBSERVED MOSTLY NEAR
TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES, THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH TALLIED NEAR
TO RECORD WARMTH ALMOST DAILY, WITH DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET ON
THE 23RD AT 83 DEGREES (SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 81 DEGREES SET
BACK IN 2015), AS WELL AS ON THE 26TH AT 85 DEGREES (SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 83 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2016). THE LATTER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE
OF 85 DEGREES ON THE 26TH ALSO SET THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE IN DECEMBER ON
RECORD IN SHREVEPORT, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 84 DEGREES SET BACK
ON 12/7/2022, 12/10/2021, 12/3/2008, AND 12/24/1955. THE 1.21 INCHES OF RAIN
RECORDED DURING THE MONTH ALSO RANKED AS THE 9TH DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD,
WELL BEHIND THE RECORD DRIEST DECEMBER OF 0.41 INCHES SET BACK IN 2010.
NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA DURING
DECEMBER, WITH ABOUT A THIRD OF THE MONTHLY RAIN FALLING ON THE 1ST. AS A
RESULT OF THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL
RAINFALL, MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) EXPANDED BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH
(INCLUDING SHREVEPORT) WITH THE DECEMBER 31ST ISSUANCE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT
MONITOR.
DURING THE 2025 CALENDAR YEAR, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ITS 2ND WARMEST YEAR ON
RECORD WITH AN ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 69.9 DEGREES, SHY OF THE
RECORD WARMEST YEAR SET JUST LAST YEAR IN 2024 WITH AN ANNUAL AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 70.6 DEGREES. THE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE SET THIS YEAR (2025)
JUST SURPASSED 2023 WHICH FELL TO THIRD WARMEST WITH AN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE
OF 69.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN SHREVEPORT DURING 2025
WAS 13 DEGREES OBSERVED ON JANUARY 22ND, WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF THE
YEAR OBSERVED ON AUGUST 18TH AT 104 DEGREES. THE ANNUAL RAINFALL TALLIED
DURING 2025 WAS 57.84 INCHES, WHICH WAS 6.41 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL, BUT DID NOT
RANK IN THE TOP 25 WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW FELL IN
SHREVEPORT DURING 2025, WITH THAT OCCURRING ON MULTIPLE DAYS IN JANUARY AS
WELL AS ON FEBRUARY 19TH.
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