000 CDUS44 KTSA 090803 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 8 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 90 100 PM 102 1925 87 3 89 MINIMUM 74 1146 PM 49 1956 66 8 59 AVERAGE 82 76 6 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.47 0.12 0.35 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.25 0.87 0.38 0.01 SINCE SEP 1 1.25 0.87 0.38 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 28.75 29.00 -0.25 28.75 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 11 6 9 MONTH TO DATE 117 97 20 76 SINCE SEP 1 117 97 20 76 SINCE JAN 1 1910 1684 226 2082 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 100 AM LOWEST 59 100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 100 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 9 2007.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 10 2007.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 732 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 19.6 +0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 28700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT