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CDUS44 KTSA 050905
CLIFSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 2002

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         86    233 PM  94    2000  79      7       84       
  MINIMUM         61   1159 PM  36    1987  56      5       58       
  AVERAGE         74                        68      6       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.48  -0.48     0.01    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.06                      4.09  -3.03     3.86    
  SINCE JAN 1     35.17                     32.22   2.95    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                         8     -8        1       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        31    -31       17       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        31    -31       17       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         4      5        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        18     33        9       
  SINCE SEP 1    393                       293    100      253       
  SINCE JAN 1   2114                      1880    234     2232       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        95      1884                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        37      1975                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2002.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   656 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2002.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   654 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       19.4         +0.1

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        8000 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT