000 CDUS44 KTSA 090809 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 8 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 92 430 PM 105 1964 92 0 92 MINIMUM 74 528 AM 59 2006 71 3 73 1983 AVERAGE 83 82 1 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.77 1905 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.93 -0.44 3.13 SINCE JUN 1 8.08 5.21 2.87 6.69 SINCE JAN 1 35.94 23.31 12.63 24.39 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 16 2 18 MONTH TO DATE 130 126 4 122 SINCE JUN 1 535 490 45 511 SINCE JAN 1 780 698 82 810 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG 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 56 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 9 2008..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT JULY 10 2008..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 834 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 20.2 -0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 96700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT