CXUS54 KSHV 061705 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 1205 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2026 ................................... ...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 ................................................ 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 ................................................ 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. && 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. $$ 15