000 CDUS44 KTSA 100902 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 AM CDT WED APR 10 2002 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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 71 526 PM 89 2001 71 0 89 1933 MINIMUM 55 1159 PM 28 1964 47 8 67 AVERAGE 63 59 4 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.76 1.11 3.65 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 13.63 5.05 8.58 1.25 SINCE JAN 1 18.64 10.12 8.52 10.76 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM SINCE JUL 1 T MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 6 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 82 67 15 18 SINCE MAR 1 572 493 79 507 SINCE JUL 1 3015 3358 -343 3611 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 13 MONTH TO DATE 0 9 -9 74 SINCE MAR 1 2 17 -15 74 SINCE JAN 1 2 17 -15 77 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 51 600 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 30 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2002.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT APRIL 11 2002.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - 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 19.1 -4.7 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 52700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT $$ MANNING