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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT FRI OCT 4 2002

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         89    349 PM  95    1963  80      9       82       
  MINIMUM         70    554 AM  35    1987  56     14       51       
  AVERAGE         80                        68     12       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T                         0.12  -0.12     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.36  -0.36     0.01    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.06                      3.97  -2.91     3.86    
  SINCE JAN 1     35.17                     32.10   3.07    29.57    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                       0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                       0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                                       0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                       0.0     
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        1       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        29    -29       17       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        29    -29       17       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                         4     11        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   42                        14     28        3       
  SINCE SEP 1    384                       289     95      247       
  SINCE JAN 1   2105                      1876    229     2226       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        94      2000                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        36      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2002.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   657 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2002.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   656 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          



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THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT VAN BUREN 

                   OBSERVED      24 HOUR     24 HOUR
                    VALUE        CHANGE      FORECAST

 STAGE (FEET) 
  THIS MORNING       19.3         -0.2

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        4700 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT