2012...Shreveport's hottest year ever!

The National Weather Service says that 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded for Shreveport!

The following is their December and 2012 weather summaries.  The last two paragraphs discuss the temperatures and precipitation for the year.

CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR TEXT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
954 AM CST WED JAN 2 2013

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...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2013

WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 84 12/03/2005
12/24/1955
LOW 5 12/23/1989
HIGHEST 80 12/02
LOWEST 23 12/30
MEAN 52.7 48.1 4.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 10

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 5.66 4.77 0.89
DAYS >= .01 11
DAYS >= .50 3
DAYS >= 1.00 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.49 12/25

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 393 531 -138
COOLING TOTAL 20 7 13
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/300 DATE 12/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/310 DATE 12/20

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5

- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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WEATHERWISE FOR DECEMBER OF 2012 IN SHREVEPORT...WE RECORDED ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL. NEVERTHELESS...THIS DECEMBER
PROVED PROVED FAIRLY UNEVENTFUL WITH ONLY ONE EPISODE OF SEVERE
WEATHER DURING THE VERY EARLY MORNING OF THE 20TH WITH THE PASSAGE
OF A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT RESULTED IN SOME TREE AND
POWER LINE DAMAGE. ALSO THE STORMS HEAVILY DAMAGED AND CONDEMNED A
MULTI-STORY BRICK BUILDING OWNED BY A LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN
SHREVEPORT.

SHREVEPORT REPORTED TWO WEATHER RECORDS FOR THIS DECEMBER. FOR
DECEMBER 2ND...OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED A BALMY 80 DEGREES...AND
BROKE THE RECORD OF 79 DEGREES SET DURING 1950 FOR THE DATE. FOR
THE DECEMBER 25TH HOLIDAY...SHREVEPORT NOTCHED 2.49 INCHES OF
RAINFALL...AND BROKE THE DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 1.54 INCHES SET
DURING 1930.

FOR THE YEAR OF 2012...THE SHREVEPORT YEARLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
TALLIED TO 68.7 DEGREES. 2012 IS NOW THE ALL TIME WARMEST YEAR ON
RECORD IN SHREVEPORT AND BESTED THE PREVIOUS WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD
DURING 1933 WITH A AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 68.6 DEGREES.

CONCERNING RAINFALL FOR 2012...SHREVEPORT TALLIED 51.68 INCHES...THE
NORMAL IS 51.41 INCHES.