000 CDUS44 KTSA 030802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2 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 95 438 PM 105 1896 94 1 103 MINIMUM 74 606 AM 56 1965 72 2 80 AVERAGE 85 83 2 92 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.16 -0.16 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 8.82 7.63 1.19 5.12 SINCE JAN 1 26.52 25.73 0.79 25.87 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 17 3 27 MONTH TO DATE 37 35 2 50 SINCE JUN 1 905 919 -14 1034 SINCE JAN 1 1204 1127 77 1424 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 41 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 107 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 55 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 3 2007........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT AUGUST 4 2007........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 818 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 20.4 +0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 96400 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT