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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         90    312 PM  93    2002  80     10       79       
                                      2000                          
  MINIMUM         68    635 AM  37    1975  56     12       56       
  AVERAGE         79                        68     11       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.24  -0.24     0.08    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.51                      3.85   2.66     0.35    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.27                     31.98  -3.71    34.64    
                                                                     
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                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      1                        27    -26        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      1                        27    -26        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                         5      9        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   22                        10     12       10       
  SINCE SEP 1    453                       285    168      324       
  SINCE JAN 1   2252                      1872    380     1824       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     50           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        95      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        35      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  3 2005.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   658 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  4 2005.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   657 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         -0.4

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        3700 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT