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Preliminary Local Climatological Data
Shreveport, LA
February 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	54	46	50	+4	15	0	1.15	0	0	7.6	16	160	226	35	M	1,3	20	S
2	53	49	51	+4	14	0	0.02	0	0	10.5	20	040	216	34	M	1	25	NE
3	64	44	54	+7	11	0	0	0	0	10.4	21	330	609	95	M	1	24	N
4	60	35	48	+1	17	0	0	0	0	4.1	13	320	643	100	M	8	15	N
5	50	35	43	-4	22	0	0	0	0	7.4	15	060	593	92	M	8	17	NE
6	55	34	45	-2	20	0	0	0	0	7.9	15	300	615	95	M		18	W
7	59	30	45	-2	20	0	0	0	0	5.9	16	320	648	100	M		20	N
8	58	30	44	-4	21	0	T	0	0	3.7	13	100	598	92	M	1	15	S
9	70	44	57	+9	8	0	0	0	0	9.4	18	140	433	66	M	8	23	SE
10	68	49	59	+11	6	0	2.19	0	0	13.2	43	300	303	46	M	1,3	52	N
11	64	43	54	+6	11	0	0	0	0	13.4	23	280	605	92	M		30	NW
12	64	36	50	+1	15	0	0	0	0	3.9	9	320	633	96	M		11	S
13	63	41	52	+3	13	0	0.03	0	0	2.7	10	350	629	95	M		11	NW
14	64	43	54	+5	11	0	T	0	0	6.1	18	140	585	89	M		23	E
15	54	45	50	+1	15	0	0.54	0	0	10.8	17	050	0	0	M	1	18	N
16	51	45	48	-1	17	0	0.42	0	0	4.7	15	060	0	0	M	1	17	NE
17	51	40	46	-4	19	0	0.05	0	0	11.0	25	270	0	0	M	1	31	W
18	65	35	50	0	15	0	T	0	0	3.2	13	280	668	100	M	1	15	W
19	65	44	55	+5	10	0	0.30	0	0	5.0	31	320	591	88	M	1,2,3,8	43	NW
20	67	41	54	+4	11	0	0	0	0	2.3	13	280	627	93	M	1,2	17	W
21	68	38	53	+2	12	0	T	0	0	7.5	23	100	607	90	M	1	30	E
22	56	43	50	-1	15	0	0.58	0	0	7.6	16	040	0	0	M	1	20	N
23	66	38	52	0	13	0	0	0	0	2.2	8	120	387	57	M	1	11	W
24	74	41	58	+6	7	0	0	0	0	6.0	17	160	481	71	M	1,2,8	20	S
25	74	56	65	+13	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	24	150	109	16	M		29	S
26	69	48	59	+7	6	0	1.91	T	0	10.8	36	270	373	55	M	1,3,5	48	W
27	69	39	54	+2	11	0	0	0	0	6.4	15	200	666	97	M		18	S
28	62	42	52	-1	13	0	0	0	0	9.0	23	300	485	71	M		28	NW
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: 51.6 Departure from Normal: +2.3 Highest: 74 on the 24th and 25th Lowest: 30 on the 7th and 8th
Number of Days With:	Maximum 32 or below: 0 Maximum 90 or above: 0 Minumum 32 or below: 2 Minumum 0 or below: 0
Heating Degree Days:	Total This Month: 368  Monthly Departure from Normal: -80 Seasonal Total: 1841 Seasonal Departure from Normal: -92
Cooling Degree Days:	Total This Month: 0 Monthly Departure from Normal: -8  Seasonal Total: 1 Seasonal Departure from Normal: -13

 

Precipitation Data
Monthly:	Total for the Month: 7.19 in.  Departure from Normal: +3.27 in. Greatest in 24 Hours: 2.19 in. on the 10th
Snowfall, Ice Pellets	Total for the Month: T in. Greatest in 24 Hours: T in. on the 26th Greatest Depth on Ground: T in. on the 26th

 

Pressure Data

Highest Sea Level: 30.19 in. on the 14th Lowest Sea Level: 29.41 in. on the 10th

 

Weather
Number of Days:	With 0.01 in or more precip: 10  With 0.10 in or more precip: 7 With 0.50 in or more precip: 5 With 1.00 in or more precip: 3

 

Additional Comments

19th: Dime to golfball sized hail across portions of the city. 26th: 58 mph wind gust from severe thunderstorms at Barksdale Air Force Base. Minor damage reported in Shreveport-Bossier City.