000 CDUS44 KTSA 040802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 3 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 93 344 PM 106 1990 91 2 85 MINIMUM 70 615 AM 57 1924 70 0 71 AVERAGE 82 81 1 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.22 1895 0.12 -0.12 0.39 MONTH TO DATE T 0.36 -0.36 3.09 SINCE JUN 1 7.59 4.64 2.95 6.65 SINCE JAN 1 35.45 22.74 12.71 24.35 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 16 1 13 MONTH TO DATE 44 46 -2 41 SINCE JUN 1 449 410 39 430 SINCE JAN 1 694 618 76 729 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 102 1990 1964 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 59 1968 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 4 2008..........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT JULY 5 2008..........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 836 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 20.8 +0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 96800 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT