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Preliminary Local Climatological Data
Shreveport, LA
March 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	61	31	46	-7	19	0	0	0	0	9.7	31	300	689	100	M		37	NW
2	57	31	44	-9	21	0	0	0	0	10.1	23	260	690	100	M		29	W
3	58	31	45	-9	20	0	T	0	0	4.9	13	360	682	98	M		14	N
4	69	45	57	+3	8	0	0	0	0	11.6	20	150	219	32	M		25	S
5	82	57	70	+16	0	5	0	0	0	9.1	17	310	394	57	M	1	20	NW
6	57	49	53	-2	12	0	T	0	0	8.9	16	030	0	0	M	1	20	NE
7	59	48	54	-1	11	0	1.02	0	0	7.8	20	300	0	0	M	1,3	25	W
8	58	38	48	-7	17	0	0.05	T	0	15.5	28	300	90	13	M	1,4	34	W
9	51	34	43	-12	22	0	0	0	0	15.3	28	310	655	93	M		33	W
10	48	29	39	-17	26	0	0	0	0	9.3	18	340	707	100	M		22	NW
11	54	26	40	-16	25	0	0	0	0	6.9	20	050	709	100	M		23	NE
12	48	27	38	-19	27	0	0	0	0	7.3	21	060	675	95	M		25	NE
13	46	38	42	-15	23	0	0.05	T	0	5.7	10	180	0	0	M	1,4	13	SE
14	60	44	52	-5	13	0	0.06	0	0	3.7	8	100	113	16	M	1,8	10	E
15	70	53	62	+5	3	0	0.03	0	0	8.2	16	130	118	16	M	1	21	SE
16	62	56	60	+2	5	0	2.06	0	0	12.1	30	090	0	0	M	1,3	39	E
17	73	50	62	+4	3	0	0	0	0	10.1	22	210	522	72	M	1	29	SW
18	77	45	61	+3	4	0	0	0	0	4.8	11	110	662	92	M		17	E
19	67	43	55	-3	10	0	T	0	0	16.3	32	280	91	13	M		41	W
20	52	37	45	-14	20	0	0	0	0	15.0	25	280	105	14	M		31	NW
21	64	33	49	-10	16	0	0	0	0	6.8	16	340	729	100	M		20	N
22	68	39	54	-5	11	0	0	0	0	4.4	11	360	731	100	M		14	N
23	79	45	62	+2	3	0	0	0	0	9.7	21	230	499	68	M		25	S
24	80	48	64	+4	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	20	160	417	57	M		24	S
25	79	57	68	+8	0	3	0	0	0	14.6	24	170	220	30	M		31	S
26	82	62	72	+12	0	7	0	0	0	18.4	30	170	251	34	M		37	S
27	79	67	73	+12	0	8	0.08	0	0	18.0	30	170	59	8	M		34	S
28	83	65	74	+13	0	9	0	0	0	12.8	21	180	M	M	M		25	S
29	85	66	76	+15	0	11	0	0	0	13.8	28	150	149	20	M		34	S
30	86	69	78	+17	0	13	T	0	0	19.1	34	180	200	27	M		40	S
31	72	49	61	-1	4	0	0.93	0	0	8.0	32	290	409	55	M	1,3	40	W
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: 56.1  Departure from Normal: -1.4 Highest: 86 on the 30th Lowest: 26 on the 11th
Number of Days With:	Maximum 32 or below: 0 Maximum 90 or above: 0 Minumum 32 or below: 6 Minumum 0 or below: 0
Heating Degree Days:	Total This Month: 324 Monthly Departure from Normal: +62  Seasonal Total: 2165 Seasonal Departure from Normal: -30
Cooling Degree Days:	Total This Month: 56  Monthly Departure from Normal: +26 Seasonal Total: 57  Seasonal Departure from Normal: +13

 

Precipitation Data
Monthly:	Total for the Month: 4.28 in.  Departure from Normal: +0.69 in. Greatest in 24 Hours: 2.06 in. on the 16th
Snowfall, Ice Pellets	Total for the Month: T in. Greatest in 24 Hours: T in. on the 13th Greatest Depth on Ground: T in. on the 13th

 

Pressure Data

Highest Sea Level: 30.69 in. on the 12th Lowest Sea Level: 29.34 in. on the 7th

 

Weather
Number of Days:	With 0.01 in or more precip: 7  With 0.10 in or more precip: 2 With 0.50 in or more precip: 2 With 1.00 in or more precip: 2

 

Additional Comments

8th: Few ice pellets mixed with rain during the afternoon; Ice pellets melted as they fell 31st: Golfball sized hail just south and east of SHV Regional Airport during 115am to 125am