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Shreveport, LA

THIS MONTH · 2026
DRIEST THIS MONTH SINCE 2024
0.35in
21st driest of 155 years · normal 1.5"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 154 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.35in
21st driest of 155 yrs
23% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
13.19in
39th wettest of 155 yrs
140% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
29.12in
77th driest of 155 yrs
100% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

12.05in
on Jul 24, 1933 · in 156 years

Dry Streak

3days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 46 days (to Nov 17, 1921)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 14 days

Year to Date vs Normal

100%
29.12" of a normal 29.12" · wettest 59.5" (1991) · driest 14.66" (1936)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 154-year record (1872–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 46.7" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1199181.99in
2202472.46in
3199769.2in
4195767.23in
5188066.6in

Driest Years on Record

1189923.1in
2193626.74in
3191826.93in
4192428.65in
5190329.26in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Apr (~4.11") and driest in Aug (~2.14"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jul 1933, 25.45".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Shreveport — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

1.58in
set in 1937

Rain on Aug 24

24%
of 154 years had measurable rain
1872: 0.00″1873: 0.00″1874: 0.00″1875: 0.00″1876: 0.00″1877: 0.00″1878: 0.00″1879: 0.00″1880: 0.00″1881: 0.00″1882: 0.45″1883: 0.00″1884: 0.00″1885: 0.00″1886: 0.00″1887: 0.00″1888: 0.00″1889: 0.00″1890: 0.00″1891: 0.00″1892: 0.00″1893: 0.00″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.14″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.16″1908: 0.20″1909: 1.53″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.48″1915: 0.03″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 1.07″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.02″1929: 0.07″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 1.58″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.12″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.86″1945: 0.02″1946: 0.01″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.53″1955: 0.06″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.12″1959: 0.02″1960: 0.01″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.07″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.10″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.45″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.10″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.06″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.01″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.02″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.50″1989: 0.15″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.02″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.12″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.11″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.09″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.50″2012: 0.06″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.01″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.03″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Shreveport's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Shreveport, LA — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Shreveport's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Shreveport, LA — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Shreveport's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Shreveport, LA — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:45 AM
Sunset6:50 PM
Solar noon12:17 PM
Daylight13h 05m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

32.45°N, 93.82°W

Nearby Stations

Longview, TX52 mi WTyler, TX92 mi WMonroe, LA104 mi EDequeen, AR115 mi NMount Ida, AR145 mi NPine Bluff, AR162 mi NE

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