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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT SUN OCT 20 2002

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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         67    227 PM  90    1899  74     -7       76       
  MINIMUM         55   1159 PM  29    1989  49      6       50       
  AVERAGE         61                        62     -1       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.22                      0.13   0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.85                      2.29  -1.44     3.24    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.91                      5.90  -3.99     7.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.02                     34.03   1.99    32.80    
                                                                     
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        4                         5     -1        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   93                        59     34       87       
  SINCE SEP 1     93                        82     11      103       
  SINCE JUL 1     93                        82     11      103       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        53     12       20       
  SINCE SEP 1    407                       328     79      264       
  SINCE JAN 1   2128                      1915    213     2243       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     87           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    94                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        88      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        26      1989                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 20 2002.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 21 2002.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 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  19.8         +0.7

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        -99 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT