Shreveport climate

Name: Shreveport
Address: US

Shreveport is warmest in August, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.6 °C. April is the wettest month (133 mm) and July the driest (71 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shreveport averages 1,233 mm of rain, 186 days above 25 °C and 15 days below freezing.

United States · 44 m elevation · population 187,593 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 34 °C
Coldest month January 4.6 °C
Driest month July 71 mm
Wettest month April 133 mm
Least cloud October 40 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record January -9.4 °C

What to expectShreveport through the year

Shreveport has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 34 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 186 days a year reach 25 °C, 114 of them reach 30 °C, 15 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 71 mm in July to 133 mm in April. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.9 °C	108 mm	57 %
February	16.2 °C	103 mm	59 %
March	20.2 °C	131 mm	57 %
April	24.3 °C	133 mm	52 %
May	28.4 °C	107 mm	55 %
June	31.9 °C	94 mm	48 %
July	33.9 °C	71 mm	46 %
August	34.1 °C	72 mm	44 %
September	31.0 °C	79 mm	40 %
October	25.5 °C	107 mm	40 %
November	19.0 °C	105 mm	50 %
December	14.7 °C	123 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	13.9 °C	4.6 °C	8.4 °C	24.9 °C	-9.4 °C	0	0	6
February	16.2 °C	6.1 °C	10.3 °C	29.4 °C	-8.6 °C	1	0	3
March	20.2 °C	9.7 °C	14.3 °C	31.1 °C	-4.9 °C	5	0	1
April	24.3 °C	13.7 °C	18.4 °C	34.4 °C	2.3 °C	14	1	0
May	28.4 °C	18.4 °C	22.9 °C	38.0 °C	5.6 °C	26	10	0
June	31.9 °C	22.4 °C	26.8 °C	39.8 °C	13.8 °C	30	23	0
July	33.9 °C	24.3 °C	28.7 °C	40.4 °C	17.8 °C	31	29	0
August	34.1 °C	24.2 °C	28.8 °C	42.4 °C	15.8 °C	31	28	0
September	31.0 °C	20.9 °C	25.5 °C	41.5 °C	9.8 °C	28	19	0
October	25.5 °C	15.1 °C	19.7 °C	34.8 °C	-0.1 °C	18	4	0
November	19.0 °C	9.6 °C	13.7 °C	29.3 °C	-5.0 °C	2	0	1
December	14.7 °C	5.8 °C	9.6 °C	26.6 °C	-5.2 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	108 mm	9	10 h/day	57 %	75 %	17 km/h
February	103 mm	10	11 h/day	59 %	75 %	17 km/h
March	131 mm	11	12 h/day	57 %	74 %	18 km/h
April	133 mm	9	13 h/day	52 %	73 %	18 km/h
May	107 mm	11	14 h/day	55 %	74 %	16 km/h
June	94 mm	11	14 h/day	48 %	73 %	14 km/h
July	71 mm	9	14 h/day	46 %	70 %	13 km/h
August	72 mm	8	13 h/day	44 %	67 %	12 km/h
September	79 mm	7	12 h/day	40 %	68 %	13 km/h
October	107 mm	7	11 h/day	40 %	70 %	15 km/h
November	105 mm	8	10 h/day	50 %	74 %	16 km/h
December	123 mm	9	10 h/day	57 %	77 %	17 km/h

How Shreveport compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Shreveport	34 °C	4.6 °C	1,233 mm	186
Plano · United States	34 °C	3.6 °C	1,079 mm	182
Little Rock · United States	33 °C	1.7 °C	1,205 mm	164
Dallas · United States	35 °C	4.1 °C	1,043 mm	191

Where Shreveport ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in August	32ndof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in North America in July	36thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in North America in June	50thof 50	32 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Shreveport’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shreveport?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Shreveport get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 114 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 15 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shreveport?

April, averaging 133 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 71 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,233 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Shreveport rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.