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CDUS44 KTSA 230904
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
402 AM CDT MON OCT 23 2006

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         57    209 PM  90    1939  73    -16       71       
  MINIMUM         36   1121 PM  32    1952  48    -12       43       
  AVERAGE         47                        60    -13       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.31                      2.68   1.63     0.01    
  SINCE SEP 1      9.00                      6.29   2.71     6.52    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.74                     34.42   3.32    28.28    
                                                                     
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       18                         6     12        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  115                        76     39       36       
  SINCE SEP 1    132                        99     33       37       
  SINCE JUL 1    132                        99     33       37       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   67                        56     11      111       
  SINCE SEP 1    279                       331    -52      542       
  SINCE JAN 1   2285                      1918    367     2341       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     32           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        90      2003                    
                                             1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        27      1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 23 2006.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 24 2006.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 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  19.5         -0.1

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        1000 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT