CXUS54 KSHV 032045 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 245 PM CST WED DEC 03 2025 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2025 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 89 11/04/2024 LOW 16 11/29/1976 HIGHEST 87 11/19 LOWEST 34 11/10 11/11 MEAN 63.6 56.6 7.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 4.42 4.00 0.42 DAYS >= .01 4 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.42 11/24 TO 11/24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 137 278 -141 COOLING TOTAL 102 26 76 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/320 DATE 11/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/350 DATE 11/09 32/020 11/30 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && WEATHERWISE DURING NOVEMBER 2025, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL. IN FACT, SHREVEPORT RECORDED ITS SECOND WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 63.6 DEGREES, WHICH FELL JUST UNDER A DEGREE COOLER THAN THE CURRENT WARMEST NOVEMBER OF 64.5 DEGREES SET JUST LAST YEAR IN 2024. WHILE SHREVEPORT RECORDED NEAR (OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL) RAINFALL DURING NOVEMBER, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MONTH WAS DRY, WITH ONLY FOUR RAIN DAYS OBSERVED, AND 3.42 INCHES OF THE 4.42 INCH MONTHLY TOTAL FALLING ON THE 24TH. THERE WERE 23 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM OCTOBER 29TH TO NOVEMBER 20TH WHERE NO MEASURABLE RAIN FELL AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE TIED ON THE 15TH AND 21ST, AND BROKEN ON THE 17TH, 18TH, AND 19TH. A DAILY HIGHEST MINUMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS ALSO BROKEN ON THE 19TH WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 66 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1950. THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF NEAR RECORD WARMTH AND DRYNESS THROUGH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH LED TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR EXPANDING MODERATELY DRY (D1) CONDITIONS FROM NORTHERN CADDO PARISH SOUTH INTO THE REMAINDER OF CADDO AND ALL OF BOSSIER PARISHES (INCLUDING THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY METROPOLITAN AREAS) BY THE NOVEMBER 20TH UPDATE. WHILE NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA DURING NOVEMBER, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH MEASURED HOURLY RAIN RATES BETWEEN 2.5-3.0 INCHES/HOUR PRODUCED A SWATH OF 3-4+ INCHES OF RAIN IN A COUPLE HOURS TIME, WHICH RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE CITIES. MULTIPLE ROADS WERE CLOSED AND NUMEROUS VEHICLES WERE STALLED IN HIGH WATER. DURING THE FALL OF 2025 (SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER), SHREVEPORT RECORDED AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72.5 DEGREES (5.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL), WHICH RANKED AS THE 2ND WARMEST FALL ON RECORD BEHIND 2024 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72.8 DEGREES. BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL WAS ALSO RECORDED IN SHREVEPORT DURING FALL 2025, WITH A TOTAL OF 8.50 INCHES FALLING (-3.55 INCHES BELOW NORMAL). WHILE THIS DIDN'T RANK WITHIN THE TOP 30 DRIEST FALLS IN RECORD, THE LONG DURATION BETWEEN WETTING RAINS COUPLED WITH THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DID CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXPANDING DROUGHT CONDITIONS BY MID-NOVEMBER. $$ 15