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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA  
125 PM CST FRI MAR 01 2024  
   
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..THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 89 02/20/1986  
02/25/1977  
02/25/1918  
LOW -5 02/12/1899  
HIGHEST 88 02/26  
LOWEST 28 02/19  
MEAN 59.0 51.8 7.2  
DAYS MAX >= 90 0  
DAYS MIN <= 32 1  
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)  
TOTALS 3.37 4.30 -0.93  
DAYS >= .01 5  
DAYS >= .50 2  
DAYS >= 1.00 2  
GREATEST  
24 HR. TOTAL 1.67 02/10 TO 02/10  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 207 380 -173  
COOLING TOTAL 40 11 29    
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WIND (MPH)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/270 DATE 02/11  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/290 DATE 02/11  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 4 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 2024, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE  
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. FEBRUARY RANKED AS  
THE 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 59.0  
DEGREES, BEHIND THE RECORD WARMEST OF 60.8 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2017,  
59.3 DEGREES SET IN 1932, AND 59.2 DEGREES IN 1976. A DAILY RECORD  
HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON FEBRUARY 26TH WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF  
88 DEGREES, WHICH SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 87 DEGREES SET  
BACK IN 1986. THIS TEMPERATURE WAS ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE  
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR ALL OF FEBRUARY AT 89 DEGREES SET BACK  
ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 1986 AND FEBRUARY 25TH, 1977 AND AGAIN IN 1918. A  
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS TIED ON THE 27TH, WITH  
1918. HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED ON FEBRUARY 26TH  
AT 64 DEGREES (ALSO SET BACK IN 1904), WITH A NEW DAILY RECORD SET  
ON THE 27TH AT 68 DEGREES, SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 63  
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1918. IN FACT, THIS 68 DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURE ON  
THE 27TH WAS ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE OF  
69 DEGREES FOR ALL OF FEBRUARY SET BACK ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 1994. ONLY  
ONE DAY DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH (FEBRUARY 19TH) OBSERVED TEMPERATURES  
AT OR BELOW FREEZING AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT), WITH 5 DAYS  
CONSIDERED NORMAL (DATING BACK TO THE LAST 30 YEARS SINCE 1990).  
 
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL FELL DURING THE FIRST 11  
DAYS OF THE MONTH, WITH NEARLY 18 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT  
MEASURABLE RAIN BEFORE 0.10 INCHES FELL DURING THE EVENING OF THE  
29TH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED PORTIONS OF SHREVEPORT AND  
BOSSIER CITY DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF FEBRUARY 11TH, WITH ONE  
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL OVER  
PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT SHORTLY BEFORE 345 AM.  
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY  
BETWEEN 845-930 AM ON THE 11TH, WITH MULTIPLE REPORTS OF PING PONG  
BALL (1.50") TO GOLFBALL SIZE (1.75") HAIL FALLING IN GREENWOOD,  
BLANCHARD, NORTH SHREVEPORT, BENTON, BOSSIER CITY, AND HAUGHTON,  
WITH ISOLATED LARGER HAIL OF 2" (HEN EGG) FALLING NEAR CROSS LAKE,  
AND 3" DIAMETER HAIL (LARGER THAN BASEBALLS) FALLING IN THE RED  
CHUTE COMMUNITY JUST EAST OF BOSSIER CITY. IN ADDITION, A 59 MPH  
WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT, WITH A  
62 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN BOSSIER  
CITY.  
 
DURING THE CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER OF 2024 (DECEMBER-JANUARY-FEBRUARY),  
SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL  
PRECIPITATION. FOLLOWING AN ABNORMALLY DRY DECEMBER, MUCH OF JANUARY  
AND THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF FEBRUARY WERE QUITE WET, WITH OVER A FOOT  
OF RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA AND NORTHWEST  
LOUISIANA. IN FACT, JANUARY RECORDED 10.33 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE  
SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND RANKED AS THE 5TH WETTEST JANUARY ON  
RECORD, AND THE WETTEST SINCE 1999. WHILE NO FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED  
DURING THE 6 WEEK PERIOD (THROUGH MID-FEBRUARY), MANY OF THE AREA  
CREEKS, BAYOUS, AND LAKES DID OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS, BEFORE RECEDING  
DURING THE FINAL TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH. AREAS OF MODERATE TO SEVERE  
DROUGHT THAT EXISTED OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TO START THE WINTER MONTHS  
WERE QUICKLY ERODED BY THE EXCESSIVE RAIN. WHILE SHREVEPORT DID NOT RANK  
IN THE TOP 30 WETTEST WINTERS ON RECORD DESPITE A RAINFALL TOTAL OF  
15.28 INCHES, THE CITY DID RANK AS TIED FOR THE 19TH WARMEST WINTER WITH  
2011-12 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 52.6 DEGREES, 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE  
NORMAL. THESE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN A COMMON THEME ACROSS  
THE REGION SINCE THE LATE 1980'S DURING EL NINO EVENTS, AND THIS MOST  
RECENT EVENT CONTINUED THIS TREND IN TEMPERATURES, AS WELL AS ABOVE  
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.  
 

 
 
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