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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2005

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         71    335 PM  96    1963  78     -7       79       
  MINIMUM         44    638 AM  31    1952  54    -10       64       
  AVERAGE         58                        66     -8       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.78    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.96  -0.96     1.85    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.51                      4.57   1.94     2.12    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.27                     32.70  -4.43    36.41    
                                                                     
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        7                         3      4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        17     -5        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     13                        40    -27        0       
  SINCE JUL 1     13                        40    -27        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   66                        32     34       39       
  SINCE SEP 1    497                       307    190      353       
  SINCE JAN 1   2296                      1894    402     1853       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        94      1965                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        30      2000                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2005.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 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         -0.2

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        6700 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT