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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1155 PM CST SAT MAR 14 2026
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2026
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2026
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 89 02/20/1986
02/25/1977
02/25/1918
LOW -5 02/12/1899
HIGHEST 83 02/06
LOWEST 24 02/01
MEAN 58.6 51.8 6.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 4
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 1.36 4.30 -2.94
DAYS >= .01 2
DAYS >= .50 1
DAYS >= 1.00 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.30 02/14 TO 02/14
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 195 380 -185
COOLING TOTAL 24 11 13
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/200 DATE 02/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 36/200 DATE 02/25
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
WEATHERWISE DURING FEBRUARY 2026, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 58.6 DEGREES RANKED AS THE 6TH WARMEST FEBRUARY
ON RECORD, WITH 2024 SLIGHTLY WARMER (59.0 DEGREES), BUT BEHIND THE
WARMEST ON RECORD THAT WAS OBSERVED IN 2017 AT 60.8 DEGREES. DESPITE
THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH, NO DAILY
RECORD HIGH OR HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR SET IN
SHREVEPORT. FEBRUARY 2026 ALSO RANKED AS THE 12TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON
RECORD WITH 1.36 INCHES. THE TOTAL MONTHLY RAINFALL FELL ON FEBRUARY 14TH
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 15TH, WITH NO ADDITIONAL MEASURABLE
RAINFALL OBSERVED. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH WITH
THIS ONE INSTANCE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.
SEVERE (D2) DROUGHT AGAIN RETURNED TO NORTHERN CADDO AND BOSSIER
PARISHES WITH THE FEBRUARY 12TH ISSUANCE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR,
BEFORE EXPANDING SOUTH INTO THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREAS BY
FEBRUARY 26TH. DESPITE THE 1-2 INCH RAINS THAT FELL MID-MONTH, VERY
LITTLE CHANGE IN DROUGHT RESULTED DUE TO ONLY MINOR HYDROLOGICAL
RESPONSES.
DURING THE CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER-JANUARY-FEBRUARY) OF 2026,
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SHREVEPORT WAS 53.6 DEGREES (3.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL), WHICH RANKED AS THE 12TH WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD. THE TOTAL
WINTERTIME PRECIPITATION TALLIED TO 8.60 INCHES, WHICH WAS 5.04 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. HOWEVER, THIS WINTER'S TOTAL PRECIPITATION DID NOT RANK IN
THE TOP 25 DRIEST WINTERS ON RECORD.
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