Shreveport climate — normals and trends
Shreveport (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,150 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Shreveport averages 22 frost days, 114 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Shreveport has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.3 °C (on 3 August 2011) and the coldest -16.7 °C (on 2 February 1951).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ShreveportLouisiana
- coords
- 32.53°, -93.75°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.5°C
Average daily high
24.1°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,150mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
22 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
114 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.8 cm
Average feels-like high
24.8 °C
Average feels-like low
13.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
118 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
43.3 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest day
-16.7 °C
2 February 1951
Wettest day
149 mm
21 May 1983
Windiest day
49.8 km/h
27 August 2020
Strongest gust
112.0 km/h
27 August 2020
Hottest feels-like
46.3 °C
19 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-21.0 °C
2 February 1951
Snowiest day
13.2 cm
16 January 1964
Sunniest day
13.8 h
16 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 84 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 16.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 107 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 23.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 115 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 26.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 147 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 28.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 192 mm | +75 mm |
| Jun | 32.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 131 mm | +50 mm |
| Jul | 34.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 67 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 33.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 89 mm | +23 mm |
| Sep | 31.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 28 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 27.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 63 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 22.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 50 mm | -48 mm |
| Dec | 16.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 51 mm | -56 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shreveport?
Shreveport has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,150 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shreveport?
The hottest day measured in Shreveport between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 43.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shreveport?
The coldest day measured in Shreveport between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -16.7 °C.
Does it snow in Shreveport?
Yes. Shreveport gets on average 2.8 cm of snow per year and has around 22 frost days.
Has the climate of Shreveport warmed?
Yes: Shreveport warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shreveport?
The wettest day measured in Shreveport between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1983, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shreveport?
The windiest day measured in Shreveport between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2020, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shreveport?
The warmest month in Shreveport is July (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Shreveport?
Shreveport receives on average 1,150 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shreveport?
Shreveport gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shreveport?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shreveport between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1964, with 13.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shreveport?
Yes: Shreveport has on average 118 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shreveport?
In Shreveport, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 19 August 2023, and the lowest was -21.0 °C on 2 February 1951.
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