000 CDUS44 KTSA 160829 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 103 304 PM 106 1956 93 10 96 MINIMUM 75 443 AM 55 1992 71 4 73 AVERAGE 89 82 7 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.19 -1.19 0.78 SINCE JUN 1 8.82 8.66 0.16 5.90 SINCE JAN 1 26.52 26.76 -0.24 26.65 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 24 16 8 20 MONTH TO DATE 324 255 69 346 SINCE JUN 1 1192 1139 53 1330 SINCE JAN 1 1491 1347 144 1720 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 500 AM LOWEST 25 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 109 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 53 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2007........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT AUGUST 17 2007........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 804 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 19.3 -0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 64100 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT