526 CDUS44 KTSA 291002 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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 60 413 PM 86 1950 70 -10 68 MINIMUM 52 246 AM 25 1957 46 6 38 AVERAGE 56 58 -2 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.55 0.14 0.41 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.02 3.50 -1.48 3.24 SINCE SEP 1 3.08 7.11 -4.03 7.09 SINCE JAN 1 37.19 35.24 1.95 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 9 8 1 12 MONTH TO DATE 164 119 45 139 SINCE SEP 1 164 142 22 155 SINCE JUL 1 164 142 22 155 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 65 61 4 42 SINCE SEP 1 407 336 71 286 SINCE JAN 1 2128 1923 205 2265 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 84 400 PM AVERAGE 92 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 89 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 22 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 29 2002.......SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST OCTOBER 30 2002.......SUNRISE 637 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST - 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 -0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 9900 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT