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Preliminary Local Climatological Data
Shreveport, LA
May 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	84	55	70	+1	0	5	T	0	0	4.3	14	230	807	100	M		17	SW
2	84	53	69	0	0	4	T	0	0	4.4	13	150	766	95	M	3,8	16	SE
3	80	57	69	-1	0	4	0	0	0	6.7	18	030	761	94	M	1,8	22	N
4	82	53	68	-2	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	11	090	812	100	M		16	E
5	82	57	70	0	0	5	0	0	0	8.4	21	170	701	86	M	1,8	24	SE
6	84	69	77	+6	0	12	T	0	0	9.7	18	170	612	75	M	1,8	22	S
7	88	69	79	+8	0	14	0	0	0	6.1	14	200	655	80	M	1,8	18	S
8	88	61	75	+4	0	10	0	0	0	8.1	17	060	770	94	M	1,8	21	SE
9	91	69	80	+9	0	15	0	0	0	10.9	22	240	705	86	M	8	25	W
10	84	62	73	+2	0	8	0	0	0	8.4	16	320	798	97	M		21	NW
11	88	56	72	+1	0	7	0	0	0	5.8	14	130	823	100	M	1,8	17	SE
12	91	63	77	+5	0	12	0	0	0	10.5	20	190	825	100	M	1,8	25	S
13	88	62	75	+3	0	10	0	0	0	7.4	14	140	788	96	M	1,8	17	SE
14	85	70	78	+6	0	13	T	0	0	10.6	20	160	660	80	M	1,8	24	SE
15	86	71	79	+7	0	14	0	0	0	7.9	18	200	729	85	M	1,8	23	SW
16	91	69	80	+7	0	15	0	0	0	3.4	10	090	763	92	M	1,8	15	E
17	91	69	80	+7	0	15	0	0	0	4.6	15	140	772	93	M	1,8	20	S
18	92	66	79	+6	0	14	0	0	0	3.1	13	160	766	92	M	1,8	15	S
19	91	62	77	+4	0	12	0	0	0	5.2	15	150	776	93	M	1,8	18	SE
20	90	62	76	+2	0	11	0	0	0	6.3	16	170	783	94	M	1,8	22	S
21	92	69	81	+7	0	16	0	0	0	7.7	15	230	756	90	M	1,8	17	S
22	92	70	81	+7	0	16	0	0	0	9.9	16	190	783	93	M	1,8	21	S
23	85	72	79	+5	0	14	0	0	0	10.0	20	200	787	94	M	1,8	25	SW
24	87	72	80	+6	0	15	0	0	0	7.5	22	160	737	88	M	1,8	24	S
25	90	69	80	+5	0	15	0	0	0	6.4	14	170	797	95	M	1,8	17	S
26	91	72	82	+7	0	17	0.15	0	0	8.6	25	360	806	96	M	1,3,8	29	N
27	90	71	81	+6	0	16	T	0	0	6.6	21	310	709	84	M	1,3	25	NW
28	90	73	82	+7	0	17	0	0	0	6.5	18	030	759	90	M	1	21	NE
29	97	72	85	+9	0	20	0	0	0	7.0	13	340	846	100	M	1	20	NW
30	98	72	85	+9	0	20	0	0	0	4.2	10	110	803	95	M		13	E
31	102	74	88	+12	0	23	0	0	0	7.3	17	240	847	100	M	1,8	22	SW
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: 77.3 Departure from Normal: +4.2 Highest: 102 on the 31st Lowest: 53 on the 2nd and 4th
Number of Days With:	Maximum 32 or below: 0 Maximum 90 or above: 16 Minumum 32 or below: 0 Minumum 0 or below: 0
Heating Degree Days:	Total This Month: 0  Monthly Departure from Normal: 0 Seasonal Total: 2252 Seasonal Departure from Normal: -12
Cooling Degree Days:	Total This Month: 392  Monthly Departure from Normal: +153  Seasonal Total: 500 Seasonal Departure from Normal: +130

 

Precipitation Data
Monthly:	Total for the Month: 0.15 in.  Departure from Normal: -5.03 in. Greatest in 24 Hours: 0.15 in. on the 26th
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: 30.16 in. on the 17th Lowest Sea Level: 29.56 in. on the 9th

 

Weather
Number of Days:	With 0.01 in or more precip: 1  With 0.10 in or more precip: 1 With 0.50 in or more precip: 0 With 1.00 in or more precip: 0

 

Additional Comments

Second driest May on record Highest temperature record for the date set May 31 and May highest temperature record set on May 31 as well Third warmest May on record