000 CDUS44 KTSA 180808 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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 94 342 PM 108 1954 93 1 93 MINIMUM 69 550 AM 59 1976 72 -3 74 AVERAGE 82 82 0 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.48 1989 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.08 1.89 -0.81 4.92 SINCE JUN 1 8.67 6.17 2.50 8.48 SINCE JAN 1 36.53 24.27 12.26 26.18 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 17 0 19 MONTH TO DATE 266 277 -11 251 SINCE JUN 1 671 641 30 640 SINCE JAN 1 916 849 67 939 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 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) 93 110 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 62 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 18 2008..........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT JULY 19 2008..........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 830 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 -0.7 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 78700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT