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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CST THU FEB 22 2007

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 2007...

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         71    446 PM  82    1897  57     14       43       
  MINIMUM         38    625 AM  13    1939  34      4       21       
  AVERAGE         55                        46      9       32      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.10  -0.10     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.26                      1.84   0.42     0.63    
  SINCE DEC 1     11.01                      7.60   3.41     4.11    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.39                      4.21   4.18     3.72    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                      MM       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.7                                       0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1      1.5                                        T      
  SINCE JUL 1      2.0                                        T      
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        20    -10       33       
  MONTH TO DATE  555                       479     76      500       
  SINCE DEC 1   1879                      2075   -196     1789       
  SINCE JUL 1   2398                      2691   -293     2273       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        80      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        10      1978                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 22 2007......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   606 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 23 2007......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   607 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  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  19.6         +0.1

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        23700 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT