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CDUS44 KTSA 200815
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT SAT OCT 20 2007


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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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         75    301 PM  90    2005  74      1       55       
                                      1899                          
  MINIMUM         50   1143 PM  29    1989  49      1       39       
  AVERAGE         63                        62      1       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.13  -0.13     0.78    
  MONTH TO DATE    8.11                      2.29   5.82     4.31    
  SINCE SEP 1     13.86                      5.90   7.96     9.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.36                     34.03   7.33    37.74    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                      MM       
  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        2                         5     -3       18       
  MONTH TO DATE    4                        59    -55       79       
  SINCE SEP 1      4                        82    -78       96       
  SINCE JUL 1      4                        82    -78       96       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  136                        53     83       67       
  SINCE SEP 1    468                       328    140      279       
  SINCE JAN 1   2261                      1915    346     2285       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         

                                                                      
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    83           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     25           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        88      2003                    
                                             1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        26      1989                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 20 2007.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 21 2007.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 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  19.2         -0.3

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        16200 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT