000 CDUS44 KTSA 120803 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 11 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 1954 93 -1 91 MINIMUM 73 355 AM 57 1961 71 2 70 AVERAGE 83 82 1 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.80 1907 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.88 1.26 -0.38 3.44 SINCE JUN 1 8.47 5.54 2.93 7.00 SINCE JAN 1 36.33 23.64 12.69 24.70 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 16 MONTH TO DATE 178 175 3 163 SINCE JUN 1 583 539 44 552 SINCE JAN 1 828 747 81 851 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. 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) 93 107 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 58 1975 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 12 2008..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT JULY 13 2008..........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 833 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 19.2 -1.6 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 91700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT