000 CDUS44 KTSA 040824 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3 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 96 420 PM 107 1896 94 2 102 MINIMUM 75 604 AM 55 1976 72 3 75 AVERAGE 86 83 3 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.24 -0.24 0.16 SINCE JUN 1 8.82 7.71 1.11 5.28 SINCE JAN 1 26.52 25.81 0.71 26.03 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 24 MONTH TO DATE 58 52 6 74 SINCE JUN 1 926 936 -10 1058 SINCE JAN 1 1225 1144 81 1448 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 300 AM LOWEST 41 500 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 110 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 54 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 4 2007........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT AUGUST 5 2007........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 817 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 20.3 -0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 89900 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT