000 CDUS44 KTSA 230805 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 65 118 AM 90 1939 73 -8 57 MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 32 1952 48 2 36 AVERAGE 58 60 -2 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.43 0.13 0.30 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.54 2.68 5.86 4.31 SINCE SEP 1 14.29 6.29 8.00 9.00 SINCE JAN 1 41.79 34.42 7.37 37.74 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 7 6 1 18 MONTH TO DATE 11 76 -65 115 SINCE SEP 1 11 99 -88 132 SINCE JUL 1 11 99 -88 132 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 144 56 88 67 SINCE SEP 1 476 331 145 279 SINCE JAN 1 2269 1918 351 2285 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 AM LOWEST 69 700 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 90 2003 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 27 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2007.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 633 PM CDT OCTOBER 24 2007.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 632 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ && ........................................................... THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT VAN BUREN OBSERVED 24 HOUR 24 HOUR VALUE CHANGE FORECAST STAGE (FEET) THIS MORNING 19.4 +0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 31100 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT