000 CDUS44 KTSA 040906 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 406 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 3 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 94 240 PM 106 1990 91 3 96 MINIMUM 72 527 AM 57 1924 70 2 69 AVERAGE 83 81 2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.36 -0.36 0.32 SINCE JUN 1 3.57 4.64 -1.07 3.25 SINCE JAN 1 24.32 22.74 1.58 18.06 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 16 2 18 MONTH TO DATE 52 46 6 44 SINCE JUN 1 432 410 22 469 SINCE JAN 1 822 618 204 693 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 103 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 59 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 4 2006..........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT JULY 5 2006..........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ && ........................................................... THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT VAN BUREN OBSERVED 24 HOUR 24 HOUR VALUE CHANGE FORECAST STAGE (FEET) THIS MORNING 19.6 +0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 1900 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT