000 CDUS44 KTSA 250803 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24 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 98 314 PM 103 1922 91 7 95 MINIMUM 77 220 AM 45 1891 69 8 71 AVERAGE 88 80 8 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.44 1.91 -1.47 2.45 SINCE JUN 1 9.26 9.38 -0.12 7.57 SINCE JAN 1 26.96 27.48 -0.52 28.32 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 23 15 8 18 MONTH TO DATE 509 396 113 529 SINCE JUN 1 1377 1280 97 1513 SINCE JAN 1 1676 1488 188 1903 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 700 AM LOWEST 33 400 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 104 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 52 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 25 2007........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT AUGUST 26 2007........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 753 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 19.5 -0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 60600 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT