000 CDUS44 KTSA 130805 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 68 431 PM 92 1972 72 -4 87 MINIMUM 38 618 AM 30 1940 48 -10 56 AVERAGE 53 60 -7 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 1.47 -0.46 0.87 SINCE MAR 1 1.51 5.41 -3.90 6.18 SINCE JAN 1 10.16 10.37 -0.21 9.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.0 T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 6 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 159 91 68 27 SINCE MAR 1 342 500 -158 352 SINCE JUL 1 2820 3323 -503 2732 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 7 MONTH TO DATE 12 12 0 31 SINCE MAR 1 63 20 43 53 SINCE JAN 1 63 20 43 53 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 26 400 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2007.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT APRIL 14 2007.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 749 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 19.7 +0.5 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 31600 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT