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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1205 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2026

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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             96   04/29/1887
 LOW              31   04/02/2019
                       04/11/1989
                       04/05/1987
HIGHEST           87   04/01
                       04/26
                       04/27
LOWEST            42   04/20
MEAN            69.7               65.9     3.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          2.94               5.19   -2.25
DAYS >= .01       10
DAYS >= .50        2
DAYS >= 1.00       0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.91   04/04 TO 04/04


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     33                 78     -45
COOLING TOTAL    182                105      77
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/030    DATE  04/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/020    DATE  04/24


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              7     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 APRIL 2026, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. SHREVEPORT TIED WITH APRIL 1963
AS HAVING THE 14TH WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD, BEHIND THE RECORD OF
72.2 DEGREES SET JUST LAST YEAR IN 2025. WHILE APRIL CONTINUED FOR A THIRD
CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL, THE 2.94 INCHES RECORDED DID
NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP 30 DRIEST APRILS ON RECORD. DESPITE THE PERSISTENT
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, ONLY ONE DAILY
RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS TIED ON THE 27TH AT 74 DEGREES, WITH
THAT SAME TEMPERATURE SET BACK IN 1970. NO DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
WERE TIED OR SET DURING THE MONTH.

THE ONLY SEVERE WEATHER OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH NEAR THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER
CITY METROPOLITAN AREA WAS ON THE 29TH, WHERE SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL WEST OF KEITHVILLE IN SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH, AS
WELL AS QUARTER SIZE HAIL THAT FELL IN HAUGHTON IN EASTERN BOSSIER PARISH.
HOWEVER, A 47 MPH PEAK WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL
AIRPORT ON THE 24TH, ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG GUST FRONT FROM THUNDERSTORMS
THAT MOVED INTO THE CITY DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

EXTREME (D3) DROUGHT EXPANDED SOUTH INTO THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREAS
WITH THE APRIL 14TH ISSUANCE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, GIVEN THE PROLONGED
PERIOD OF MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL OBSERVED
THROUGHOUT MARCH INTO THE FIRST HALF OF APRIL. MEANWHILE, SEVERE (D2)
DROUGHT PERSISTED ACROSS SOUTHERN CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES THROUGHOUT THE
MONTH.

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