DRIESTSINCE
Louisiana · precipitation record 1871–2026

Shreveport, LA

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
28.77in
year to date · normal 26.94"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 154 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
5.27in
28th wettest of 155 yrs
186% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
16.47in
28th wettest of 155 yrs
142% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
28.77in
69th wettest of 155 yrs
107% 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

107%
28.77" of a normal 26.94" · wettest 54.27" (1991) · driest 12.87" (1918)

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 Jul 28 ever

4.52in
set in 1880

Rain on Jul 28

27%
of 154 years had measurable rain
1872: 0.00″1873: 0.02″1874: 0.00″1875: 0.00″1876: 0.00″1877: 0.22″1878: 0.42″1879: 1.21″1880: 4.52″1881: 0.00″1882: 0.00″1883: 0.02″1884: 0.01″1885: 0.26″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: 0.37″1903: 0.05″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.08″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.48″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 1.85″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.01″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.07″1928: 0.82″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.01″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.14″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.10″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.87″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.27″1951: 0.02″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.83″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.03″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.61″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.13″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.01″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 1.22″1980: 0.34″1981: 0.00″1982: 3.44″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.01″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.17″1992: 0.15″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.01″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.49″2008: 0.00″2009: 3.12″2010: 0.02″2011: 0.26″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.04″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.49″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.04″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″4″5″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

Sunrise5:27 AM
Sunset7:16 PM
Solar noon12:22 PM
Daylight13h 49m
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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