000 CDUS44 KTSA 160803 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 15 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 90 348 PM 108 1954 93 -3 92 MINIMUM 65 538 AM 53 1990 71 -6 70 AVERAGE 78 82 -4 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.17 1961 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.08 1.69 -0.61 4.92 SINCE JUN 1 8.67 5.97 2.70 8.48 SINCE JAN 1 36.53 24.07 12.46 26.18 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 13 17 -4 16 MONTH TO DATE 235 243 -8 213 SINCE JUN 1 640 607 33 602 SINCE JAN 1 885 815 70 901 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) 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) 93 109 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 57 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 16 2008..........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT JULY 17 2008..........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 831 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 18.8 -0.5 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 76200 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT