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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
346 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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             92   03/31/1974
 LOW              15   03/03/1943
HIGHEST           90   03/21
LOWEST            25   03/17
MEAN            66.7               59.0     7.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     1
DAYS MIN <= 32     1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          2.28               4.90   -2.62
DAYS >= .01        4
DAYS >= .50        1
DAYS >= 1.00       1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.76   03/11 TO 03/11


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     81                224    -143
COOLING TOTAL    143                 39     104
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/310    DATE  03/15
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/340    DATE  03/15


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     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.

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WEATHERWISE DURING MARCH 2026, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. ONCE AGAIN, SHREVEPORT RANKED
WITHIN THE TOP 10 WARMEST MONTHS ON RECORD WITH THE MARCH AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT 66.7 DEGREES, WHICH SET THE 3RD WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD BEHIND 2012 (67.3 DEGREES) AND 1907 (67.0 DEGREES). WHILE THE
MAJORITY OF THE MONTH WAS CHARACTERIZED WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES,
ONLY TWO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET DURING MARCH, WITH A NEW RECORD
HIGH SET ON MARCH 3RD AT 83 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
82 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1976. THE SECOND RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WAS SET ON
MARCH 21ST AT 90 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 89 DEGREES SET
BACK IN 1916. THIS 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE WAS THE 4TH EARLIEST DAY WHERE A
90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED WITHIN A YEAR, ONLY 12 DAYS FROM THE
EARLIEST 90 DEGREE DAY OBSERVED BACK ON MARCH 9TH, 1911. THE 90 DEGREE
TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO TWO DEGREES SHY OF TYING THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE ON
RECORD IN SHREVEPORT DURING MARCH AT 92 DEGREES SET BACK ON MARCH 31ST, 1974.
A STRONG COLD FRONT DID MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE IN THE DAY ON THE 15TH,
WITH WIDESPREAD SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES RECORDED ON THE MORNING OF MARCH
17TH. IN FACT, A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET IN SHREVEPORT DURING THAT
MORNING, FALLING TO 25 DEGREES AND TWO DEGREES COLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 27 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1892. WHILE THE 2.28 INCHES OF RAIN THAT
FELL DURING MARCH WAS 2.62 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, THIS TOTAL DID NOT RANK
WITHIN THE TOP 25 DRIEST MARCHES ON RECORD.

WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED WITHIN THE SHREVEPORT CITY LIMITS DURING
MARCH, SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CADDO PARISH FROM
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS AHEAD OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH
THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THE 15TH. MULTIPLE REPORTS
OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL WERE RECEIVED IN AND NEAR BLANCHARD, WITH ADDITIONAL
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DOWNED TREES REPORTED THROUGHOUT NORTH BOSSIER CITY
AND THE EASTWOOD/HAUGHTON AREAS. WHILE NOT SEVERE, A 49 MPH PEAK WIND GUST
WAS MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT FROM THESE STORMS.

SEVERE (D2) DROUGHT EXPANDED BACK SOUTH IN SOUTHERN CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES
WITH THE MARCH 5TH ISSUANCE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, GIVEN THE PROLONGED
PERIOD OF MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND VERY LITTLE RAIN THAT FELL FROM
THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. CONDITIONS ACROSS
THIS AREA WERE TEMPORARILY ALLEVIATED FROM THE 2-3 INCH RAINS THAT FELL ON THE
11TH. ANOTHER PROLONGED PERIOD OF DRYNESS WAS OBSERVED THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE MONTH WITH NO ADDITIONAL MEASURABLE RAIN FALLING IN SHREVEPORT, WITH
SEVERE DROUGHT RETURNING TO SOUTHERN CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES WITH THE
APRIL 2ND RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR.

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