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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2007


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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         88    310 PM  94    2000  79      9       93       
  MINIMUM         68    629 AM  36    1987  56     12       63       
  AVERAGE         78                        68     10       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.48                      0.48   6.00     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1     12.23                      4.09   8.14     4.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     39.73                     32.22   7.51    33.43    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  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     
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         8     -8        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        31    -31       17       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        31    -31       17       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                         4      9       13       
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        18     32       56       
  SINCE SEP 1    382                       293     89      268       
  SINCE JAN 1   2175                      1880    295     2274       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    97           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        95      1884                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        37      1975                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2007.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   656 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2007.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   655 PM CDT   

                                                                     
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

 


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THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT VAN BUREN 

                   OBSERVED      24 HOUR     24 HOUR
                    VALUE        CHANGE      FORECAST

 STAGE (FEET) 
  THIS MORNING  19.8         +1.2

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        23100 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT