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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007


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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         76    405 PM  92    1989  75      1       62       
  MINIMUM         55    604 AM  29    1966  50      5       53       
  AVERAGE         66                        63      3       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     1.24    
  MONTH TO DATE    8.11                      1.92   6.19     3.53    
  SINCE SEP 1     13.86                      5.53   8.33     8.22    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.36                     33.66   7.70    36.96    
                                                                     
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                         4     -4        7       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                        45    -43       61       
  SINCE SEP 1      2                        68    -66       78       
  SINCE JUL 1      2                        68    -66       78       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         2     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  126                        50     76       64       
  SINCE SEP 1    458                       325    133      276       
  SINCE JAN 1   2251                      1912    339     2282       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        91      1964                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        34      1976                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2007.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2007.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 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  19.6         +0.3

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        13300 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT