Climate averages 1991–2020
Shreveport weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Shreveport: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longview (93 km away). In August its highs average 34.3°C, about as warm as Shreveport, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Shreveport ranks joint 59th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 234th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Shreveport is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Shreveport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 108 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 105 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 132 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 133 | 9.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 104 | 11.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 95 | 10.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 74 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 34.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 73 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 78 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 108 | 7.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 103 | 7.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 120 | 9.3 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Longview in AugustUnited States · 93 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Tyler in AugustUnited States · 147 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Lake Charles in AugustUnited States · 262 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Mesquite in AugustUnited States · 268 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Beaumont in AugustUnited States · 273 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Garland in AugustUnited States · 274 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 53 mm rain
- McKinney in AugustUnited States · 278 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Allen in AugustUnited States · 280 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 53 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shreveport) is explained once on the Shreveport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.