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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1145 AM CST MON FEB 02 2026

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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             85   01/25/1950
 LOW              -2   01/18/1930
HIGHEST           83   01/06
LOWEST            17   01/27
MEAN            47.6               47.9    -0.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32    12

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          6.03               4.40    1.63
DAYS >= .01        8
DAYS >= .50        4
DAYS >= 1.00       3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.90   01/09 TO 01/09


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    550                537      13
COOLING TOTAL     17                  5      12
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    25/190    DATE  01/08
                                25/330          01/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    42/150    DATE  01/08


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     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.

&&

WEATHERWISE DURING JANUARY 2026, SHREVEPORT RECORDED NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE FIRST WEEK OF
THE MONTH WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY RECORD WARMTH ON THE 2ND AND 6TH, WITH
DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET ON THE 2ND (AT 81 DEGREES,
SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 80 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2023), AND
ON THE 6TH (AT 83 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 80
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1956).

SEVERE (D2) DROUGHT EXPANDED NORTH INTO SOUTHERN CADDO AND BOSSIER
PARISHES WITH THE JANUARY 8TH ISSUANCE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR,
GIVEN THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF ABNORMALLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THAT
WERE OBSERVED DURING THE LATTER HALF OF DECEMBER INTO THE FIRST WEEK
OF JANUARY. HOWEVER, WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-3+ INCHES FELL
ON JANUARY 9TH-10TH ACROSS SOUTHERN CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES,
RESULTING IN ENOUGH RUNOFF AND HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE FOR A ONE CATEGORY
DROUGHT IMPROVEMENT (TO D1) IN THE JANUARY 15TH ISSUANCE OF THE U.S.
DROUGHT MONITOR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED IN THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY METRO
AREA DURING JANUARY, BUT THE MAIN WEATHER HIGHLIGHT WAS THE LARGE
WINTER STORM THAT AFFECTED MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HALF OF
THE COUNTRY FROM TEXAS TO MUCH OF THE EAST COAST INTO MAINE DURING THE
FINAL WEEK OF JANUARY. LOCALLY, A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
FELL ACROSS THE METRO AREA ON THE 24TH-25TH, WITH AROUND ONE-QUARTER
INCH OF ICE ACCRETION OBSERVED ON TREES AND POWER LINES BEFORE THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGED OVER TO SLEET, WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-4 INCHES
MEASURED. ONCE TEMPERATURES FELL BELOW FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON
THE 24TH, THEY WOULD NOT CLIMB BACK ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL BRIEFLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON ON THE 26TH, A PERIOD OF 64 CONSECUTIVE HOURS. WHILE THIS
PERIOD OF TIME DID NOT COME CLOSE TO SETTING THE RECORD OF 168 CONSECUTIVE
HOURS BELOW FREEZING THAT OCCURRED BACK ON FEBRUARY 7TH-13TH, 1895, AND
ONLY HALF OF WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING SNOWMAGEDDON (FEBRUARY) 2021, THESE
ABNORMALLY COLD TEMPERATURES DID MAINTAIN THE ICEPACK IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF
THE REGION THROUGH THE 29TH BEFORE THE ICE IN THE EXPOSED AREAS FINALLY
MELTED. THUS, SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY WAS PARALYZED FOR SEVERAL DAYS, WITH
TRAVEL VERY TREACHEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS, ALONG WITH
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES NOTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CITIES. UNFORTUNATELY,
TWO FATALITIES OCCURRED IN SHREVEPORT FROM THE EXTREME AND PROLONGED COLD,
WITH BOTH VICTIMS SUCCUMBING TO HYPOTHERMIA. THESE IMPACTS WERE FAR LESS
THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED IN DESOTO PARISH TO THE SOUTH AS WELL AS MUCH OF
NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA, WHICH TOOK THE BRUNT FROM THIS
WINTER STORM IN THE FORM OF WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED AND
POWER OUTAGES THAT LASTED NEARLY A WEEK OR LONGER.

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