000 CDUS44 KTSA 080802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 7 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 93 327 PM 106 1964 92 1 92 MINIMUM 72 539 AM 57 1972 71 1 70 AVERAGE 83 81 2 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.87 1994 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.82 -0.33 3.13 SINCE JUN 1 8.08 5.10 2.98 6.69 SINCE JAN 1 35.94 23.20 12.74 24.39 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 16 2 16 MONTH TO DATE 112 110 2 104 SINCE JUN 1 517 474 43 493 SINCE JAN 1 762 682 80 792 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 105 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 59 2006 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 8 2008..........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT JULY 9 2008..........SUNRISE 611 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 20.5 -0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 99200 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT