000 CDUS44 KTSA 031015 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2002 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 541 AM 84 1904 60 -17 55 MINIMUM 18 1159 PM 12 1980 37 -19 42 AVERAGE 31 49 -18 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.39 0.12 0.27 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.56 0.23 0.33 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 0.56 0.23 0.33 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 5.57 5.19 0.38 9.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MONTH TO DATE MM MM SINCE MAR 1 MM MM SINCE JUL 1 T MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 18 16 16 MONTH TO DATE 61 37 24 39 SINCE MAR 1 61 37 24 39 SINCE JUL 1 2504 2902 -398 3143 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 3 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FREEZING RAIN LT FREEZING RAIN HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 56 1100 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 81 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 9 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2002.........SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST MARCH 4 2002.........SUNRISE 643 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ........................................................... THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT VAN BUREN OBSERVED 24 HOUR 24 HOUR VALUE CHANGE FORECAST STAGE (FEET) THIS MORNING 19.3 +0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 6100 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT