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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2002

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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         64   1257 PM  88    1891  72     -8       83       
  MINIMUM         53    625 AM  28    1982  47      6       47       
  AVERAGE         59                        60     -1       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.20                      0.13   0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.14                      2.94  -1.80     3.24    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.20                      6.55  -4.35     7.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.31                     34.68   1.63    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        6                         7     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  121                        89     32       87       
  SINCE SEP 1    121                       112      9      103       
  SINCE JUL 1    121                       112      9      103       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        58      7       42       
  SINCE SEP 1    407                       333     74      286       
  SINCE JAN 1   2128                      1920    208     2265       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     67          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    84                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        88      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        29      1982                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 25 2002.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 26 2002.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   629 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         -0.1

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        7200 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT