000 CDUS44 KTSA 231005 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 AM CST THU FEB 23 2006 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 46 444 PM 80 1996 57 -11 71 MINIMUM 34 1158 PM 10 1978 35 -1 45 AVERAGE 40 46 -6 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.63 1.94 -1.31 1.18 SINCE DEC 1 4.11 7.70 -3.59 7.58 SINCE JAN 1 3.72 4.31 -0.59 6.09 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T SINCE DEC 1 T 1.5 SINCE JUL 1 T 1.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 20 5 7 MONTH TO DATE 525 499 26 340 SINCE DEC 1 1814 2095 -281 1693 SINCE JUL 1 2298 2711 -413 2063 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 70 300 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 81 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 13 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2006......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 608 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ && ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT