405 CDUS44 KTSA 280901 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2002 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 80 519 PM 91 1989 76 4 84 MINIMUM 50 1252 AM 36 1992 52 -2 52 AVERAGE 65 64 1 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.14 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.95 3.46 2.49 2.15 SINCE MAR 1 14.82 7.40 7.42 3.40 SINCE JAN 1 19.83 12.47 7.36 12.91 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 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 102 142 -40 80 SINCE MAR 1 592 568 24 569 SINCE JUL 1 3035 3433 -398 3673 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 3 MONTH TO DATE 75 37 38 122 SINCE MAR 1 77 45 32 122 SINCE JAN 1 77 45 32 125 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 AM LOWEST 67 400 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 91 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 35 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2002.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT APRIL 29 2002.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 802 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 19.2 +0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 28200 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT