000 CDUS44 KTSA 130902 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 402 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 100 445 PM 107 1934 94 6 79 MINIMUM 73 611 AM 53 1967 71 2 57 AVERAGE 87 82 5 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.17 0.95 -0.78 0.46 SINCE JUN 1 5.30 8.42 -3.12 15.51 SINCE JAN 1 20.11 26.52 -6.41 33.48 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 22 17 5 3 MONTH TO DATE 239 205 34 145 SINCE JUN 1 1200 1089 111 936 SINCE JAN 1 1424 1297 127 1258 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 105 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 51 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 13 2005........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT AUGUST 14 2005........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - 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 19.7 -0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 13700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT