643 CDUS44 KTSA 181004 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 503 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2002 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 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 83 400 PM 108 1954 93 -10 100 MINIMUM 71 129 AM 59 1976 72 -1 76 AVERAGE 77 82 -5 88 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.34 0.10 0.24 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.73 1.89 -0.16 T SINCE JUN 1 4.80 6.17 -1.17 2.31 SINCE JAN 1 28.57 24.27 4.30 24.02 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 12 17 -5 23 MONTH TO DATE 278 277 1 329 SINCE JUN 1 676 641 35 716 SINCE JAN 1 915 849 66 1052 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 AM LOWEST 74 400 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 110 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 62 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 18 2002..........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT JULY 19 2002..........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 831 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 19.8 +0.3 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 11700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT