017 CDUS44 KTSA 050901 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 AM CDT MON AUG 5 2002 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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 97 259 PM 110 1964 94 3 100 MINIMUM 75 524 AM 54 1974 72 3 74 AVERAGE 86 83 3 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.32 -0.32 MM SINCE JUN 1 5.60 7.79 -2.19 2.31 SINCE JAN 1 29.37 25.89 3.48 24.02 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 22 MONTH TO DATE 84 69 15 89 SINCE JUN 1 1031 953 78 1129 SINCE JAN 1 1270 1161 109 1465 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 106 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 54 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 5 2002........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT AUGUST 6 2002........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 816 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 19.3 -0.3 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 21600 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT