CXUS54 KSHV 120846 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 346 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 92 03/31/1974 LOW 15 03/03/1943 HIGHEST 90 03/21 LOWEST 25 03/17 MEAN 66.7 59.0 7.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 2.28 4.90 -2.62 DAYS >= .01 4 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.76 03/11 TO 03/11 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 81 224 -143 COOLING TOTAL 143 39 104 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/310 DATE 03/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/340 DATE 03/15 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && WEATHERWISE DURING MARCH 2026, SHREVEPORT RECORDED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. ONCE AGAIN, SHREVEPORT RANKED WITHIN THE TOP 10 WARMEST MONTHS ON RECORD WITH THE MARCH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT 66.7 DEGREES, WHICH SET THE 3RD WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD BEHIND 2012 (67.3 DEGREES) AND 1907 (67.0 DEGREES). WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE MONTH WAS CHARACTERIZED WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, ONLY TWO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET DURING MARCH, WITH A NEW RECORD HIGH SET ON MARCH 3RD AT 83 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 82 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1976. THE SECOND RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WAS SET ON MARCH 21ST AT 90 DEGREES, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 89 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1916. THIS 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE WAS THE 4TH EARLIEST DAY WHERE A 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED WITHIN A YEAR, ONLY 12 DAYS FROM THE EARLIEST 90 DEGREE DAY OBSERVED BACK ON MARCH 9TH, 1911. THE 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO TWO DEGREES SHY OF TYING THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD IN SHREVEPORT DURING MARCH AT 92 DEGREES SET BACK ON MARCH 31ST, 1974. A STRONG COLD FRONT DID MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE IN THE DAY ON THE 15TH, WITH WIDESPREAD SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES RECORDED ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 17TH. IN FACT, A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET IN SHREVEPORT DURING THAT MORNING, FALLING TO 25 DEGREES AND TWO DEGREES COLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 27 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1892. WHILE THE 2.28 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL DURING MARCH WAS 2.62 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, THIS TOTAL DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP 25 DRIEST MARCHES ON RECORD. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED WITHIN THE SHREVEPORT CITY LIMITS DURING MARCH, SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CADDO PARISH FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS AHEAD OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THE 15TH. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL WERE RECEIVED IN AND NEAR BLANCHARD, WITH ADDITIONAL QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DOWNED TREES REPORTED THROUGHOUT NORTH BOSSIER CITY AND THE EASTWOOD/HAUGHTON AREAS. WHILE NOT SEVERE, A 49 MPH PEAK WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT FROM THESE STORMS. SEVERE (D2) DROUGHT EXPANDED BACK SOUTH IN SOUTHERN CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES WITH THE MARCH 5TH ISSUANCE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, GIVEN THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND VERY LITTLE RAIN THAT FELL FROM THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. CONDITIONS ACROSS THIS AREA WERE TEMPORARILY ALLEVIATED FROM THE 2-3 INCH RAINS THAT FELL ON THE 11TH. ANOTHER PROLONGED PERIOD OF DRYNESS WAS OBSERVED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH WITH NO ADDITIONAL MEASURABLE RAIN FALLING IN SHREVEPORT, WITH SEVERE DROUGHT RETURNING TO SOUTHERN CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES WITH THE APRIL 2ND RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR. $$ 15