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Preliminary Local Climatological Data
Shreveport, LA
April 2000
 

Day	Max Temp	Min Temp	Avg Temp	Temp Dep from Norm	Heat Deg Days	Cool Deg Days	Total Precip	Snow- fall, Ice Pellets	Snow or Ice on Grd	Avg Wind Spd	Fast 2-Min Wind Spd	Fast 2-Min Wind Dir	Total Min Sunshine	% Possible Sunshine	Sky Cover Sunrise to Sunset	Weather Occurr- ences	Peak Wind Spd	Peak Wind Dir
1	65	55	60	-2	5	0	0.71	0	0	6.0	16	050	100	13	M	1,2,3	20	NE
2	66	62	64	+1	1	0	0.47	0	0	6.9	20	150	606	80	M	1,3	26	SE
3	67	49	58	-5	7	0	0.80	0	0	9.4	31	310	513	68	M	1,3,8	36	NW
4	66	40	53	-10	12	0	0	0	0	7.4	18	310	758	100	M		23	NW
5	77	43	60	-3	5	0	0	0	0	11.4	24	190	759	100	M		31	S
6	81	54	68	+5	0	3	0	0	0	12.9	22	180	750	98	M	1	28	S
7	84	62	73	+9	0	8	0.21	0	0	12.8	37	300	673	88	M	1,3	46	NW
8	64	41	53	-11	12	0	0	0	0	12.6	24	340	754	98	M		32	N
9	68	36	52	-12	13	0	0	0	0	6.8	17	170	734	96	M		23	S
10	73	47	60	-4	5	0	T	0	0	11.1	22	170	485	63	M		26	S
11	77	60	69	+5	0	4	0.58	0	0	8.1	28	020	512	66	M	1,3	38	N
12	61	49	55	-10	10	0	1.00	0	0	10.2	17	030	68	9	M	1	23	NE
13	57	48	53	-12	12	0	T	0	0	5.7	12	330	20	3	M	1	13	NW
14	59	48	54	-12	11	0	T	0	0	2.9	9	120	0	0	M	1,2	10	SE
15	74	46	60	-6	5	0	0	0	0	5.2	13	130	375	48	M	1,2	15	SE
16	82	59	71	+5	0	6	0	0	0	7.9	14	220	576	74	M	1	17	SW
17	80	54	67	+1	0	2	0	0	0	3.9	10	350	776	99	M		14	N
18	86	57	72	+6	0	7	0	0	0	6.4	15	170	597	76	M	1	18	S
19	86	66	76	+10	0	11	0	0	0	12.7	22	160	652	83	M	1	28	S
20	79	61	70	+3	0	5	T	0	0	11.5	36	160	722	92	M	1	40	SE
21	76	53	65	-2	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	18	320	790	100	M		22	NW
22	80	46	63	-4	2	0	0	0	0	5.8	15	180	660	83	M		20	SE
23	79	60	70	+3	0	5	0.98	0	0	10.7	39	340	596	75	M	1,2,3,5,X	49	NW
24	78	57	68	0	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	17	360	781	98	M	1	20	N
25	77	50	64	-4	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	12	310	792	99	M	1	15	NW
26	81	56	69	+1	0	4	0	0	0	4.7	13	010	798	100	M	1,8	18	NW
27	70	55	63	-5	2	0	0.73	0	0	6.2	26	020	0	0	M	1,3	31	N
28	76	55	66	-2	0	1	0	0	0	5.8	16	320	803	100	M	1	21	NW
29	79	52	66	-2	0	1	0	0	0	4.8	15	110	746	93	M		21	E
30	82	62	72	+3	0	7	0.11	0	0	9.4	22	160	723	90	M	3	26	SE
Day	Max Temp	Min Temp	Avg Temp	Temp Dep from Norm	Heat Deg Days	Cool Deg Days	Total Precip	Snow- fall, Ice Pellets	Snow or Ice on Grd	Avg Wind Spd	Fast 2-Min Wind Spd	Fast 2-Min Wind Dir	Total Min Sunshine	% Possible Sunshine	Sky Cover Sunrise to Sunset	Weather Occurr- ences	Peak Wind Spd	Peak Wind Dir

Symbols used in Weather Occurrences Column:

1 - Fog/Mist
2 - Fog Reducing Visibility to 1/4 mile or less
3 - Thunder
4 - Ice Pellets
5 - Hail
6 - Glaze or Rime
7 - Duststorm or Sandstorm Reducing Visibility to 1/4 mile or less
8 - Smoke or Haze
9 - Blowing Snow
X - Tornado
 
 

Temperature Data
Monthly:	Average: 63.6  Departure from Normal: -2.0 Highest: 86 on the 18th and 19th Lowest: 36 on the 9th
Number of Days With:	Maximum 32 or below: 0 Maximum 90 or above: 0 Minumum 32 or below: 0 Minumum 0 or below: 0
Heating Degree Days:	Total This Month: 103  Monthly Departure from Normal: +34  Seasonal Total: 1704 Seasonal Departure from Normal: -560
Cooling Degree Days:	Total This Month: 67  Monthly Departure from Normal: -20  Seasonal Total: 165 Seasonal Departure from Normal: +34

 

Precipitation Data
Monthly:	Total for the Month: 5.67 in.  Departure from Normal: +2.08 in.  Greatest in 24 Hours: 1.50 in. on the 11th/12th
Snowfall, Ice Pellets	Total for the Month: 0 in. Greatest in 24 Hours: 0 in. Greatest Depth on Ground: 0 in.

 

Pressure Data

Highest Sea Level: 30.42 on the 8th Lowest Sea Level: 29.35 in. on the 23rd

 

Weather
Number of Days:	With 0.01 in or more precip: 9  With 0.10 in or more precip: 9 With 0.50 in or more precip: 6 With 1.00 in or more precip: 1

 

Additional Comments

Record coolest high temperature on the 14th 2.50 inch hail fell at the NWS on the 23rd. Funnel cloud also sighted. 2 supercell thunderstorms produced tornadoes in far South Shreveport and in the downtown area on the evening of the 23rd.