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Preliminary Local Climatological Data
Shreveport, LA
May 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	79	50	65	-4	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	15	090	760	94	M		20	N
2	83	67	75	+6	0	10	1.65	0	0	11.6	26	300	390	48	M	1,3,8	32	NW
3	76	57	67	-3	0	2	0	0	0	10.5	22	320	812	100	M		26	NW
4	76	51	64	-6	1	0	0	0	0	5.9	15	090	812	100	M		18	E
5	75	54	65	-5	0	0	T	0	0	7.3	20	120	747	92	M		24	SE
6	80	59	70	-1	0	5	0	0	0	3.6	13	150	753	92	M	1	15	SE
7	81	60	71	0	0	6	0	0	0	9.4	20	150	780	96	M	1	24	SE
8	83	63	73	+2	0	8	0	0	0	6.5	15	220	760	93	M	1	18	SW
9	74	61	68	-3	0	3	T	0	0	10.1	21	020	655	80	M	1	25	N
10	77	53	65	-6	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	14	060	792	96	M		16	NE
11	78	49	64	-7	1	0	0	0	0	2.3	11	140	738	90	M		16	SE
12	80	52	66	-6	0	1	0	0	0	6.5	24	360	732	89	M		30	N
13	78	45	62	-10	3	0	0	0	0	4.3	13	190	827	100	M		15	S
14	87	58	73	+1	0	8	0	0	0	8.1	18	230	700	85	M	1,8	24	W
15	79	61	70	-2	0	5	0.06	0	0	7.2	18	010	M	M	M	1,3	22	N
16	83	58	71	-2	0	6	0	0	0	4.3	11	130	M	M	M		15	SE
17	87	58	73	0	0	8	0	0	0	4.2	11	190	624	75	M		14	S
18	87	65	76	+3	0	11	T	0	0	8.1	18	190	714	86	M		22	S
19	88	69	79	+6	0	14	0	0	0	5.8	11	130	649	78	M		13	SE
20	74	65	70	-4	0	5	0.52	0	0	8.9	16	040	676	81	M	1,3,8	18	S
21	71	61	66	-8	0	1	T	0	0	9.4	17	030	630	75	M	1	21	NE
22	78	63	71	-3	0	6	T	0	0	7.2	15	090	M	M	M		17	E
23	83	64	74	0	0	9	0.01	0	0	5.2	11	160	M	M	M		15	E
24	74	67	71	-3	0	6	0.42	0	0	6.4	16	230	M	M	M	1,3	20	SW
25	85	64	75	0	0	10	0	0	0	6.4	14	170	M	M	M	1	18	SE
26	89	72	81	+6	0	16	0	0	0	8.7	16	180	M	M	M	1,8	21	S
27	83	65	74	-1	0	9	0.53	0	0	7.5	24	280	M	M	M	1,3,8	30	N
28	79	65	72	-3	0	7	0	0	0	4.1	14	100	M	M	M	1	16	N
29	82	63	73	-3	0	8	0	0	0	5.8	11	080	M	M	M	2	14	E
30	84	66	75	-1	0	10	T	0	0	6.1	13	350	M	M	M	1	16	SW
31	80	61	71	-5	0	6	T	0	0	8.2	18	340	M	M	M		23	N
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: 70.3  Departure from Normal: -2.3 Highest: 89 on the 26th Lowest: 45 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: 5 Monthly Departure from Normal: +5 Seasonal Total: 2055 Seasonal Departure from Normal: -209
Cooling Degree Days:	Total This Month: 180 Monthly Departure from Normal: -59 Seasonal Total: 247 Seasonal Departure from Normal: -123

 

Precipitation Data
Monthly:	Total for the Month: 3.19 in. Departure from Normal: -1.99 in. Greatest in 24 Hours: 1.65 in. on the 2nd
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: 30.38 in. on the 4th Lowest Sea Level: 29.60 in. on the 2nd

 

Weather
Number of Days:	With 0.01 in or more precip: 6 With 0.10 in or more precip: 4 With 0.50 in or more precip: 3 With 1.00 in or more precip: 1

 

Additional Comments

Tied with 1891 for the 13th coolest May on record. Record low set on the 13th