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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT SUN OCT 16 2005

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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         86    137 PM  90    1947  76     10       73       
  MINIMUM         50    643 AM  34    1893  51     -1       39       
  AVERAGE         68                        63      5       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.80  -1.80     3.16    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.51                      5.41   1.10     3.43    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.27                     33.54  -5.27    37.72    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                      MM       
  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                         4     -4        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   19                        41    -22       37       
  SINCE SEP 1     20                        64    -44       37       
  SINCE JUL 1     20                        64    -44       37       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         2      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   78                        48     30       39       
  SINCE SEP 1    509                       323    186      353       
  SINCE JAN 1   2308                      1910    398     1853       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.1                                         
                                                                     
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    93           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        92      1989                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        29      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 16 2005.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 17 2005.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 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  19.7         +0.3

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        3300 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT