000 CDUS44 KTSA 070811 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 6 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 93 415 PM 104 1953 92 1 90 MINIMUM 69 544 AM 50 1972 71 -2 70 AVERAGE 81 81 0 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.50 1888 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.71 -0.22 3.13 SINCE JUN 1 8.08 4.99 3.09 6.69 SINCE JAN 1 35.94 23.09 12.85 24.39 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 16 0 15 MONTH TO DATE 94 94 0 88 SINCE JUN 1 499 458 41 477 SINCE JAN 1 744 666 78 776 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 106 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 57 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 7 2008..........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT JULY 8 2008..........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 835 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 20.6 -0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 98300 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT