000 CDUS44 KTSA 060903 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 403 AM CDT THU JUL 6 2006 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 5 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 95 327 PM 104 1964 92 3 88 MINIMUM 72 541 AM 56 1972 71 1 70 AVERAGE 84 81 3 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.60 -0.55 0.32 SINCE JUN 1 3.62 4.88 -1.26 3.25 SINCE JAN 1 24.37 22.98 1.39 18.06 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 16 3 14 MONTH TO DATE 90 78 12 74 SINCE JUN 1 470 442 28 499 SINCE JAN 1 860 650 210 723 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1200 AM LOWEST 30 400 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 104 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 50 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 6 2006..........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT JULY 7 2006..........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 835 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 19.3 +0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 3800 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT