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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007


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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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         80   1257 PM  92    2005  74      6       80       
  MINIMUM         56   1150 PM  26    1948  50      6       53       
  AVERAGE         68                        62      6       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    8.11                      2.16   5.95     3.53    
  SINCE SEP 1     13.86                      5.77   8.09     8.22    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.36                     33.90   7.46    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                         5     -5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                        54    -52       61       
  SINCE SEP 1      2                        77    -75       78       
  SINCE JUL 1      2                        77    -75       78       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         1      2        2       
  MONTH TO DATE  136                        52     84       67       
  SINCE SEP 1    468                       327    141      279       
  SINCE JAN 1   2261                      1914    347     2285       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.5                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        90      2005                    
                                             1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        29      1989                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 19 2007.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 20 2007.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 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  19.5         +0.1

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        15100 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT