CXUS54 KSHV 210945 CLMSHV CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 445 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2026 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 102 05/31/1998 LOW 39 05/04/2013 HIGHEST 92 05/30 05/31 LOWEST 49 05/03 MEAN 73.5 74.0 -0.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 3.47 4.46 -0.99 DAYS >= .01 11 DAYS >= .50 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.05 05/19 TO 05/19 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 11 8 3 COOLING TOTAL 283 288 -5 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/360 DATE 05/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/020 DATE 05/19 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 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 MAY 2026, SHREVEPORT RECORDED NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. MAY BEGAN ABNORMALLY COOL AND WET ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY METROPOLITAN AREA, WITH A LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD SET ON THE 1ST WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES, BESTING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 61 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1970. AS IT TYPICAL DURING MAY, TEMPERATURES QUICKLY WARMED BACK TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL A FEW DAYS LATER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH, WITH A HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD SET ON THE 18TH WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES. THIS TEMPERATURE SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 76 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1883. NO ADDITIONAL TEMPERATURE OR RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET IN SHREVEPORT DURING MAY. THERE WAS ONLY ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT TO AFFECT THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT DURING MAY, AND THIS OCCURRED ON THE 23RD WHERE QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN THE CEDAR GROVE AREA OF TOWN DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SURPRISINGLY, THE SEVERE WEATHER SEASON WAS QUIET THIS SPRING ACROSS THE METRO AREA. EXTREME (D3) DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES (INCLUDING SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY) TO START THE MONTH EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE REMAINDER OF BOTH PARISHES WITH THE MAY 21ST ISSUANCE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, GIVEN THE MUCH BELOW NORMAL RAIN THAT FELL THROUGH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH. BETWEEN 1.50-2.00 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS MUCH OF CADDO PARISH DURING A 5 DAY STRETCH IN THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH, WHICH DID RESULT IN A ONE CATEGORY IMPROVEMENT IN DROUGHT TO SEVERE (D2) BY MAY 28TH. DURING THE CLIMATOLOGICAL SPRING OF 2026 (MARCH-MAY), SHREVEPORT'S SPRING AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 70.0 DEGREES, WHICH SET THE 3RD WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD BEHIND 2025 (71.3 DEGREES), AND 2024/2012 (AT 71.1 DEGREES). SHREVEPORT RECORDED 8.69 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THIS PAST SPRING, AND WHILE IT WAS BELOW THE NORMAL RAINFALL OF 14.55 INCHES (-5.86 INCHES), THIS DID NOT RANK IN THE TOP 30 DRIEST SPRINGS ON RECORD. $$ 15