000 CDUS44 KTSA 300815 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 29 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 102 441 PM 108 1986 94 8 95 1930 MINIMUM 75 619 AM 62 1969 72 3 75 AVERAGE 89 83 6 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.43 1891 0.09 -0.09 0.15 MONTH TO DATE 1.09 3.02 -1.93 5.07 SINCE JUN 1 8.68 7.30 1.38 8.63 SINCE JAN 1 36.54 25.40 11.14 26.33 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 24 18 6 20 MONTH TO DATE 528 484 44 444 SINCE JUN 1 933 848 85 833 SINCE JAN 1 1178 1056 122 1132 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 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) 94 109 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 58 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 30 2008..........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT JULY 31 2008..........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 821 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 19.8 -0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 33100 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT