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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2005

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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         63    320 PM  92    1978  73    -10       73       
  MINIMUM         49   1141 PM  29    1976  48      1       60       
  AVERAGE         56                        61     -5       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      2.55  -2.54     3.16    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.52                      6.16   0.36     3.43    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.28                     34.29  -6.01    37.72    
                                                                     
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                         6      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   28                        70    -42       47       
  SINCE SEP 1     29                        93    -64       47       
  SINCE JUL 1     29                        93    -64       47       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        2       
  MONTH TO DATE  111                        55     56       59       
  SINCE SEP 1    542                       330    212      373       
  SINCE JAN 1   2341                      1917    424     1873       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     60           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        90      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        32      1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 22 2005.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 23 2005.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 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  19.4         +0.0

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        3200 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT