Right now in Shreveport, the air is about 103°F, but the model estimates the asphalt under your dog's paws is closer to 139°F — a gap of roughly 36°F, because heavy cloud cover is taking some of the edge off the direct sun. That reading puts Shreveport in the danger range, where pavement can scald paw pads in under a minute. Humidity is nudging the human "feels-like" to about 109°F, which matters for your dog too: muggy air makes it harder for a panting dog to shed heat, so treat a borderline reading as the hotter of the two.
Across the 8 hours left today, the pavement in Shreveport is projected to top out near 139°F around 4 PM, when the air will be about 103°F — a 36°F gap between the forecast your weather app shows and the surface your dog walks on. The surface is already coming down, about 28°F over the next three hours, so waiting a little works in your favour here.
In an average August, Shreveport sees highs around 94°F and overnight lows near 76°F. At highs like that, sun-baked pavement can easily top 120–130°F by early afternoon, so the walkable hours cluster around dawn and after sunset. As a seasonal rule of thumb, the safest windows are before about 9:00 AM and after about 6:00 PM.
Shreveport loses its all-day safe window in 5 months of the year — May through September — and August is one of them. The year peaks in August at an average high of 94°F against 57°F in January, a 37°F swing that decides how much of the day belongs to your dog.
The nearest city we track is Tyler, roughly 91 miles from Shreveport — far enough that its reading is no substitute for this one. Sun angle, humidity and cloud cover can all differ across that distance, which is why this page models Shreveport on its own coordinates.
Whatever the number says, confirm it with your hand: press the back of it flat on the pavement for seven seconds. If you can't hold it there, neither can your dog. On a day reading this warm in Shreveport, flat-faced breeds like pugs and bulldogs, plus seniors and young puppies with thinner pads, should sit out the heat entirely — subtract about 10°F from any safe threshold for them. If you must cross hot ground, protective booties or a quick coat of paw wax are the only real barrier between paw pads and the asphalt.