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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2007


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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         65    250 PM  90    2003  72     -7       68       
                                      1939                          
  MINIMUM         45   1130 PM  27    1952  48     -3       33       
  AVERAGE         55                        60     -5       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T                         0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    8.54                      2.81   5.73     4.31    
  SINCE SEP 1     14.29                      6.42   7.87     9.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.79                     34.55   7.24    37.74    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                         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       10                         6      4       14       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        82    -61      129       
  SINCE SEP 1     21                       105    -84      146       
  SINCE JUL 1     21                       105    -84      146       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  144                        57     87       67       
  SINCE SEP 1    476                       332    144      279       
  SINCE JAN 1   2269                      1919    350     2285       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        91      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        28      1982                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2007.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2007.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 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  19.3         -0.1

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        23500 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT