Shreveport’s January Heat Wave Threatening Old Records

Shreveport is starting the first full week of January feeling a lot more like spring. A stretch of unusually warm afternoons has folks asking the same question Richard Lewelling heard on air: how often do we get close to 80 degrees this early in the year?

Shreveport Forecast vs. Record Highs for Jan. 5 to Jan. 9

Here is how the week stacks up when you compare the latest Shreveport forecast to the standing record highs for each date:

  • Mon, Jan 5:Forecast 67vs Record 77 (1927)
  • Tue, Jan 6:Forecast 79vs Record 80 (1956)
  • Wed, Jan 7:Forecast 74vs Record 79 (1965)
  • Thu, Jan 8:Forecast 75vs Record 78 (1969)
  • Fri, Jan 9:Forecast 74vs Record 81 (1957)

The biggest “watch day” right now is today. The forecast has Shreveport pushing the upper 70s, which puts that 80 degree record within striking distance.

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