808 CDUS44 KTSA 310917 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 415 AM CDT SAT AUG 31 2002 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 88 341 PM 107 2000 90 -2 86 MINIMUM 67 626 AM 53 1988 68 -1 71 AVERAGE 78 79 -1 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.74 2.46 2.28 1.69 SINCE JUN 1 10.34 9.93 0.41 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 34.11 28.03 6.08 25.71 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 13 14 -1 14 MONTH TO DATE 519 482 37 589 SINCE JUN 1 1466 1366 100 1629 SINCE JAN 1 1705 1574 131 1965 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 108 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 51 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2002........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 1 2002.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 744 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 19.5 -0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 7000 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT