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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR MONTHLY SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
256 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2026

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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            110   08/26/2023
                       08/18/1909
 LOW              53   08/17/1992
HIGHEST          105   08/22
                       08/23
LOWEST            70   08/02
                       08/03
MEAN            87.1               84.0     3.1
DAYS MAX >= 90    31
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          2.51               2.91   -0.40
DAYS >= .01        5
DAYS >= .50        2
DAYS >= 1.00       1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.14   08/27 TO 08/27

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  0       0
COOLING TOTAL    692                587     105
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    43/200    DATE  08/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    63/200    DATE  08/05


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              6     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 AUGUST 2026, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. WHILE THE MONTHLY RAINFALL
OF 2.51 INCHES DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP 30 DRIEST AUGUSTS ON
RECORD, THE AUGUST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 87.1 DEGREES RANKED AS THE
7TH HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD, ONLY 0.1 DEGREES COOLER THAN 2024
(87.2 DEGREES), AND 4.4 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE HOTTEST AUGUST ON
RECORD SET AT 91.5 DEGREES SET IN 2011. DESPITE THESE ABNORMALLY HOT
CONDITIONS, NO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET, BUT TWO RECORD HIGHEST
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE TIED ON THE 1ST AND 16TH, WITH A LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES ON THE 1ST (TIED WITH 2011), AND 79 DEGREES ON
THE 16TH (TIED WITH 2022). ELEVEN TRIPLE DIGIT DAYS WERE RECORDED IN
SHREVEPORT DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE NORMAL
NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS OF FIVE SET DURING THE 1990-2020 NORMALS
PERIOD.

DURING THE SUMMER OF 2026, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SHREVEPORT WAS
84.4 DEGREES, WHICH TIED WITH THE SUMMER OF 1951 FOR THE 19TH
WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE 11 TRIPLE DIGIT DAYS ALSO EXCEEDED THE
NORMAL NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS TYPICAL SEEN DURING THE SUMMER IN
THE 1990-2020 NORMALS PERIOD (9 DAYS). SHREVEPORT ALSO MEASURED
15.20 INCHES OF RAIN THIS SUMMER, 4.01 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. HOWEVER,
THIS DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 20 WETTEST SUMMERS ON RECORD.

AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL
AIRPORT IN WEST SHREVEPORT DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS ON
AUGUST 5TH, RESULTING IN A DOWNBURST WHICH PRODUCED A 63 MPH PEAK
WIND GUST. NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER
CADDO OR BOSSIER PARISHES DURING THE MONTH, ALTHOUGH A 44 MPH WIND
GUST WAS MEASURED ON THE 26TH ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM.

PROLONGED VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THAT AFFECTED THE REGION DURING
THE LATTER HALF OF JULY THROUGH MUCH OF AUGUST RESULTED IN THE
EXPANSION OF MODERATE (D1) DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS CADDO AND BOSSIER
PARISHES BY THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH, SETTING THE STAGE FOR
FLASH DROUGHT CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AFTER BEING ALLEVIATED DURING JUNE
AND EARLY JULY FROM AN ABNORMALLY WET START TO THE CLIMATOLOGICAL
SUMMER. MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF WILDFIRES IGNITED ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/
BOSSIER CITY METROPOLITAN AREA, AS WELL AS THE RURAL AREAS OF
CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES, WITH INCREASED HARDSHIPS FOR AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCERS AS PASTURES QUICKLY DRIED OUT FROM THE EARLY SUMMER RAINS.

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