000 CDUS44 KTSA 230904 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 405 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 22 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 74 635 PM 94 1953 81 -7 89 MINIMUM 65 711 AM 42 1892 61 4 66 AVERAGE 70 71 -1 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 0.18 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.38 3.75 -0.37 4.84 SINCE MAR 1 7.94 11.60 -3.66 15.48 SINCE JAN 1 16.59 16.56 0.03 19.20 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 5 6 -1 13 MONTH TO DATE 130 91 39 103 SINCE MAR 1 222 142 80 257 SINCE JAN 1 222 142 80 257 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1000 AM LOWEST 64 700 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 95 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 43 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 23 2007...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT MAY 24 2007...........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 821 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 21.0 +0.3 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 105600 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT