000 CDUS44 KTSA 140802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 13 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 86 228 PM 111 1954 93 -7 80 MINIMUM 70 1159 PM 55 1975 71 -1 70 AVERAGE 78 82 -4 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.20 1.44 1961 0.11 0.09 0.30 MONTH TO DATE 1.08 1.48 -0.40 4.92 SINCE JUN 1 8.67 5.76 2.91 8.48 SINCE JAN 1 36.53 23.86 12.67 26.18 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 13 17 -4 10 MONTH TO DATE 211 209 2 183 SINCE JUN 1 616 573 43 572 SINCE JAN 1 861 781 80 871 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 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) 93 111 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 54 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 14 2008..........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT JULY 15 2008..........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 832 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 18.9 +0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 88600 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT