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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
740 PM CDT SAT NOV 01 2025

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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             99   10/01/1938
 LOW              28   10/31/1993
HIGHEST           95   10/02
LOWEST            46   10/31
MEAN            72.7               67.4     5.3
DAYS MAX >= 90    12
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          1.76               4.59   -2.83
DAYS >= .01        4
DAYS >= .50        1
DAYS >= 1.00       1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.35   10/25 TO 10/25


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     16                 70     -54
COOLING TOTAL    264                143     121
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/140    DATE  10/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/140    DATE  10/25


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4

-  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 OCTOBER 2025, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, SHREVEPORT
OBSERVED ITS 5TH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE OF 72.7 DEGREES, ONLY 0.9 DEGREES BELOW THE RECORD
WARMEST OCTOBER THAT WAS SET JUST LAST YEAR IN 2024 AT 73.6 DEGREES.
WHILE BELOW NORMAL, THE 1.76 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL DURING THE
MONTH DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 50 DRIEST OCTOBERS ON RECORD. DESPITE
THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THAT WERE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF
THE MONTH, NO DAILY RECORD HIGH OR HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE
SET DURING THE MONTH, NOR WERE THERE ANY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OR
DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORDS SET IN SHREVEPORT. THIS WAS THE
SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL IN SHREVEPORT, WITH
THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR DEPICTING ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS
ACROSS CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES WITH THE OCTOBER 16TH WEEKLY
UPDATE.

THE FIRST 17 DAYS OF THE MONTH DID NOT OBSERVE ANY RAIN, WHICH WAS
PART OF A 23 CONSECUTIVE DAY STREAK WHERE NO RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN
SHREVEPORT. THIS STREAK DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 25 LONGEST NUMBER OF
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT RAINFALL, BUT COUPLED WITH THE ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, CONTRIBUTED TO THE
ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS DEPICTED BY MID-MONTH ON THE U.S. DROUGHT
MONITOR. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL FELL ON THE 25TH,
WHERE 1.35 INCHES WAS RECORDED. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED IN
THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER AREAS DURING OCTOBER, ALTHOUGH STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 25TH DID PRODUCE A 53 MPH WIND GUST AT THE
SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE FIRST TRUE FALL COLD FRONT OF THE
SEASON MOVED THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON OF THE 28TH,
WITH STRONG POST-FRONTAL GRADIENT WINDS RESULTING IN A 43 MPH WIND
GUST DURING THE MID MORNING ON THE 29TH, WITH 40 MPH WIND GUSTS
MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT AND BARKSDALE AIR FORCE
BASE.

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