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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 03 2025

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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             96   04/29/1887
 LOW              31   04/02/2019
                       04/11/1989
                       04/05/1987
                       04/05/1920
HIGHEST           89   04/18
                       04/26
                       04/29
LOWEST            44   04/08
MEAN            72.2               65.9     6.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS         10.25               5.19    5.06
DAYS >= .01        8
DAYS >= .50        4
DAYS >= 1.00       3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   4.53   04/30 TO 04/30


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     23                 78     -55
COOLING TOTAL    246                105     141
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/300    DATE  04/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/290    DATE  04/30


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              7     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.

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WEATHERWISE DURING APRIL 2025, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND MUCH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, SHREVEPORT
ESTABLISHED ITS WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE OF 72.2 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71.0
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1967 AND 1930. DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE
SET ON APRIL 2ND AND 3RD AT 88 AND 89 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY, WITH DAILY
RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SET ON THE 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH AT
76, 76, AND 74 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY. THE 76 DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURE
OBSERVED ON THE 2ND AND 3RD ALSO SET THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE ON
RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 75
DEGREES SET ON APRIL 29TH, 1970. THE 10.25 INCHES THAT FELL DURING
APRIL RANKED AS THE 10TH WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD, BEHIND THE MEMORABLE
APRIL 1991 WHERE 21.84 INCHES WAS OBSERVED, WHICH ALSO RANKED AS THE 2ND
WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD BEHIND 25.45 INCHES THAT FELL IN JULY 1933. ONE
DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET DURING APRIL, WITH THAT BEING ON THE 30TH
WHERE 4.53 INCHES FELL.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTED PRIMARILY THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF SHREVEPORT ON THE EVENING OF THE 20TH, WHERE FLASH FLOODING
WAS OBSERVED, MULTIPLE ROADS WERE CLOSED, AND HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE NEEDED
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CITY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO IN EXCESS OF
THREE INCHES FELL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH
SHREVEPORT AND SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED
SHREVEPORT ON THE 25TH, WHERE A TREE FELL ONTO POWER LINES AND A HOME IN THE
CITY, WITH ANOTHER TREE FALLING ONTO A HOME AND CAUSING A PARTIAL HOME
COLLAPSE, RESULTING IN ONE INJURY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING
HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTED SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY DURING THE EVENING THROUGH A
PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON APRIL 30TH-MAY 1ST, WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3-5 INCHES RECORDED. THIS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE CITY, WHERE MULTIPLE ROADS WERE FLOODED AND CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER, AND WATER RESCUES WERE AGAIN NEEDED FOR STRANDED MOTORISTS.

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