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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2007

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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         70    404 PM  89    1968  69      1       74       
  MINIMUM         40    633 AM  22    1917  45     -5       49       
  AVERAGE         55                        57     -2       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.15  -0.15     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    8.54                      3.79   4.75     5.44    
  SINCE SEP 1     14.29                      7.40   6.89    10.13    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.79                     35.53   6.26    38.87    
                                                                     
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       10                         9      1        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   90                       136    -46      179       
  SINCE SEP 1     90                       159    -69      196       
  SINCE JUL 1     90                       159    -69      196       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  144                        61     83       67       
  SINCE SEP 1    476                       336    140      279       
  SINCE JAN 1   2269                      1923    346     2285       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.4                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        87      2003                    
                                             1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        24      1993                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 31 2007.......SUNRISE   738 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 PM CDT   
NOVEMBER  1 2007......SUNRISE   739 AM CDT   SUNSET   623 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       19.6         -0.2

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        10800 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT