000 CDUS44 KTSA 130817 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 12 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 95 432 PM 107 1954 93 2 81 MINIMUM 74 551 AM 58 1975 71 3 69 AVERAGE 85 82 3 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.19 1958 0.11 -0.11 1.18 MONTH TO DATE 0.88 1.37 -0.49 4.62 SINCE JUN 1 8.47 5.65 2.82 8.18 SINCE JAN 1 36.33 23.75 12.58 25.88 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 17 3 10 MONTH TO DATE 198 192 6 173 SINCE JUN 1 603 556 47 562 SINCE JAN 1 848 764 84 861 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 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) 93 111 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 55 1975 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 13 2008..........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT JULY 14 2008..........SUNRISE 614 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 18.7 -0.4 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 78600 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT