000 CDUS44 KTSA 200803 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 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 78 520 PM 96 1956 81 -3 94 MINIMUM 48 515 AM 45 1894 60 -12 57 AVERAGE 63 70 -7 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.30 3.21 0.09 4.84 SINCE MAR 1 7.86 11.06 -3.20 15.48 SINCE JAN 1 16.51 16.02 0.49 19.20 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 11 MONTH TO DATE 118 73 45 63 SINCE MAR 1 210 124 86 217 SINCE JAN 1 210 124 86 217 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 28 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 95 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 40 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 20 2007...........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT MAY 21 2007...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 819 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 21.2 -0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 105900 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT