000 CDUS44 KTSA 010903 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 313 PM 80 2006 59 15 80 1932 MINIMUM 47 543 AM 7 1890 36 11 41 AVERAGE 61 48 13 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.52 2.59 -0.07 0.63 SINCE DEC 1 11.27 8.35 2.92 4.11 SINCE JAN 1 8.65 4.96 3.69 3.72 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 1.5 T SINCE JUL 1 2.0 T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 18 -14 4 MONTH TO DATE 635 611 24 607 SINCE DEC 1 1959 2207 -248 1896 SINCE JUL 1 2478 2823 -345 2380 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1100 PM LOWEST 49 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 86 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 15 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2007.........SUNRISE 647 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST MARCH 2 2007.........SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 614 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