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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2007


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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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         90    245 PM  95    1884  79     11       80       
  MINIMUM         70    646 AM  37    1975  55     15       60       
  AVERAGE         80                        67     13       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.48                      0.60   5.88     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1     12.23                      4.21   8.02     4.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     39.73                     32.34   7.39    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                        10    -10        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        33    -33       17       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        33    -33       17       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                         4     11        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        22     43       61       
  SINCE SEP 1    397                       297    100      273       
  SINCE JAN 1   2190                      1884    306     2279       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    97           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        96      1956                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        35      1964                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2007.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   655 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  7 2007.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   653 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  18.8         -0.9

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        7200 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT