000 CDUS44 KTSA 270804 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT SAT OCT 27 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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 60 1250 PM 90 1891 71 -11 70 MINIMUM 48 1159 PM 30 1994 46 2 55 AVERAGE 54 59 -5 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.14 -0.14 0.38 MONTH TO DATE 8.54 3.22 5.32 5.40 SINCE SEP 1 14.29 6.83 7.46 10.09 SINCE JAN 1 41.79 34.96 6.83 38.83 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 11 7 4 2 MONTH TO DATE 54 103 -49 152 SINCE SEP 1 54 126 -72 169 SINCE JUL 1 54 126 -72 169 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 144 60 84 67 SINCE SEP 1 476 335 141 279 SINCE JAN 1 2269 1922 347 2285 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 700 AM LOWEST 57 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 87 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 28 1957 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 27 2007.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 628 PM CDT OCTOBER 28 2007.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 627 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 19.6 +0.3 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 16200 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT