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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2007


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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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         89   1230 PM  94    1963  79     10       77       
  MINIMUM         72   1159 PM  34    1954  54     18       49       
  AVERAGE         81                        66     15       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05                      0.12  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.53                      0.84   5.69     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1     12.28                      4.45   7.83     4.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     39.78                     32.58   7.20    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        2       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        14    -14        2       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        37    -37       19       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        37    -37       19       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                         3     13        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   97                        29     68       63       
  SINCE SEP 1    429                       304    125      275       
  SINCE JAN 1   2222                      1891    331     2281       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.5                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        96      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        31      1952                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  8 2007.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  9 2007.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 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  19.7         +0.2

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        4400 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT