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Preliminary Local Climatological Data
Shreveport, LA
December 1998

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	51	63	+11	2	0	0	0	0	3.8	11	090	611	100	M		15	E
2	76	47	62	+11	3	0	0	0	0	3.8	10	170	524	86	M	1	13	S
3	76	61	69	+18	0	4	0	0	0	8.1	16	150	541	89	M	1	17	SE
4	77	62	70	+19	0	5	T	0	0	10.9	22	180	509	84	M	1	26	S
5	80	66	73	+22	0	8	T	0	0	9.6	18	190	567	93	M	1	22	S
6	81	58	70	+20	0	5	0.04	0	0	11.4	24	180	516	85	M	1	30	SW
7	65	50	58	+8	7	0	1.11	0	0	8.3	21	010	18	3	M	1,3	25	N
8	54	43	49	-1	16	0	0.08	0	0	8.4	16	330	253	42	M	1	18	NW
9	57	38	48	-1	17	0	0.09	0	0	8.3	16	060	545	90	M	1	20	NE
10	47	43	45	-4	20	0	1.48	0	0	13.2	21	050	0	0	M	1	26	NE
11	44	41	43	-6	22	0	1.02	0	0	12.0	21	040	0	0	M	1	28	N
12	47	42	45	-4	20	0	0.18	0	0	9.0	15	300	0	0	M	1	18	W
13	60	40	50	+2	15	0	0	0	0	7.3	14	310	603	100	M		17	NW
14	61	36	49	+1	16	0	0	0	0	5.2	11	010	602	100	M		14	N
15	59	33	46	-2	19	0	0	0	0	3.4	8	360	602	100	M	1	11	NW
16	65	30	48	0	17	0	0	0	0	5.9	13	330	602	100	M		17	W
17	62	37	50	+3	15	0	0	0	0	5.9	14	330	576	96	M		18	NW
18	61	38	50	+3	15	0	0.82	0	0	8.6	21	140	468	78	M	1,3	25	SE
19	60	49	55	+8	10	0	0	0	0	4.6	11	020	145	24	M	1,2	13	N
20	64	51	58	+11	7	0	0.01	0	0	5.1	10	030	436	73	M	1,2	13	NE
21	74	35	55	+8	10	0	0.43	0	0	12.7	31	300	474	79	M	1,3	34	W
22	36	27	32	-15	33	0	0.05	T	T	13.3	21	010	410	68	M	1,4,6	25	N
23	32	26	29	-17	36	0	0.72	0.1	T	5.8	14	050	0	0	M	1,3,4,6	16	NE
24	30	26	28	-18	37	0	0.03	T	T	7.0	13	020	222	37	M	1,4,6	15	N
25	36	24	30	-16	35	0	0	0	0	4.6	9	010	507	84	M	1	10	N
26	46	22	34	-12	31	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	130	602	100	M	1	11	SE
27	49	30	40	-6	25	0	0.18	0	0	6.0	13	340	411	68	M	1,8	17	N
28	51	37	44	-2	21	0	0	0	0	5.8	13	340	402	67	M	1,2,8	17	N
29	61	39	50	+4	15	0	0	0	0	6.9	16	330	523	87	M	1,2	18	N
30	54	32	43	-2	22	0	0	0	0	7.1	14	080	603	100	M		18	E
31	62	37	50	+5	15	0	0	0	0	5.6	14	110	473	78	M	1,8	16	E
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

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: 49.3  Departure from Normal: +1.3 Highest: 81 on the 6th Lowest: 22 on the 26th
Number of Days With:	Maximum 32 or below: 2 Maximum 90 or above: 0 Minumum 32 or below: 8 Minumum 0 or below: 0
Heating Degree Days:	Total This Month: 501 Monthly Departure from Normal: -122  Seasonal Total: 753  Seasonal Departure from Normal: -109
Cooling Degree Days:	Total This Month: 22 Monthly Departure from Normal: +16  Seasonal Total: 3149 Seasonal Departure from Normal: +781

 

Precipitation Data
Monthly:	Total for the Month: 6.24 in.  Departure from Normal: +2.36 in. Greatest in 24 Hours: 1.60 in. on the 10th-11th
Snowfall, Ice Pellets	Total for the Month: 0.1 in. Greatest in 24 Hours: 0.1 in. on the 23rd Greatest Depth on Ground: T in. on the 22nd-24th

 

Pressure Data

Highest Sea Level: 30.61 in. on the 22nd Lowest Sea Level: 29.76 in. on the 18th

 

Weather
Number of Days:	With 0.01 in or more precip: 14  With 0.10 in or more precip: 8 With 0.50 in or more precip: 5 With 1.00 in or more precip: 3

 

Additional Comments

Ice storm on the 22nd-24th with ice remaining on trees and powerlines on the 25th