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Preliminary Local Climatological Data
Shreveport, LA
April 1997
 

D a y	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	74	55	65	+3	0	0	0.01	0	0	7.3	17	110	625	83	M		20	E
2	77	48	63	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	15	130	701	93	M	8	18	SE
3	74	56	65	+2	0	0	T	0	0	8.7	20	140	532	70	M		23	SE
4	73	63	68	+5	0	3	4.90	0	0	12.2	28	260	357	47	M	1,3	38	W
5	75	55	65	+2	0	0	2.91	0	0	10.6	29	210	660	87	M	1,3	38	SW
6	72	55	64	+1	1	0	0	0	0	10.4	20	300	723	95	M		23	NW
7	71	46	59	-5	6	0	0	0	0	8.3	16	090	727	95	M		20	E
8	62	51	57	-7	8	0	0.01	0	0	7.2	15	070	626	82	M		17	E
9	70	48	59	-5	6	0	0	0	0	10.2	17	060	725	95	M		26	NE
10	76	46	61	-3	4	0	0	0	0	9.7	18	110	720	94	M		22	E
11	72	49	61	-3	4	0	0.42	0	0	10.7	23	300	421	55	M	1,3	28	NW
12	54	40	47	-18	18	0	0.01	0	0	13.6	22	320	684	89	M		26	NW
13	58	36	47	-18	18	0	0	0	0	8.7	17	010	731	96	M		22	N
14	65	40	53	-13	12	0	0	0	0	2.1	10	340	689	89	M		14	SE
15	70	39	55	-11	10	0	0	0	0	3.0	13	100	735	95	M		15	E
16	75	43	59	-7	6	0	0	0	0	2.8	10	010	734	95	M		16	N
17	70	47	59	-7	6	0	T	0	0	7.3	20	010	715	92	M		23	N
18	75	41	58	-8	7	0	0	0	0	5.3	16	170	696	89	M		18	S
19	75	48	62	-4	3	0	0	0	0	6.9	16	210	700	89	M	8	18	SW
20	82	60	71	+4	0	6	0	0	0	7.4	15	170	687	87	M	1	18	S
21	86	59	73	+6	0	8	T	0	0	5.5	13	220	728	92	M	1,3	16	SW
22	71	52	62	-5	3	0	1.00	0	0	9.4	33	330	585	74	M	1,3,5	41	N
23	73	48	61	-6	4	0	0	0	0	8.7	21	310	744	94	M		24	NW
24	69	51	60	-8	5	0	T	0	0	8.9	15	070	659	83	M		18	NE
25	63	54	59	-9	6	0	1.30	0	0	15.0	33	070	100	13	M	1,3	40	E
26	58	54	56	-12	9	0	0.02	0	0	10.7	20	090	0	0	M	1	25	E
27	60	56	58	-10	7	0	1.33	0	0	10.4	17	310	0	0	M	1,3	21	N
28	61	50	56	-12	9	0	0.02	0	0	8.2	15	300	100	12	M	1	18	NW
29	78	45	62	-6	3	0	0	0	0	6.9	17	170	756	94	M	1,2	21	S
30	83	63	73	+4	0	8	T	0	0	11.9	22	190	743	92	M		28	S
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: 60.3 Departure from Normal: -5.3 Highest: 86 on the 21st  Lowest: 36 on the 13th
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: 157  Monthly Departure from Normal: +88 Seasonal Total: 2050 Seasonal Departure from Normal: -214
Cooling Degree Days:	Total This Month: 25  Monthly Departure from Normal:-62  Seasonal Total: 67 Seasonal Departure from Normal: -64

 

Precipitation Data
Monthly:	Total for the Month: 11.93 in. Departure from Normal: +8.18 in. Greatest in 24 Hours: 7.77 in. on the 4th through the 5th
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: 30.28 inches on the 7th Lowest Sea Level: 29.46 inches on the 22nd

 

Weather
Number of Days:	With 0.01 in or more precip:  11 With 0.10 in or more precip: 6 With 0.50 in or more precip: 5 With 1.00 in or more precip: 5

 

Additional Comments

Between 0800 and 0815 CDT on the 22nd, damaging winds of 50 to 144 mph observed in the Shreveport-Bossier City area.  Second wettest April on record.  Second coolest April on record.