000 CDUS44 KTSA 030856 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 355 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2 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 105R 331 PM 105 2008 94 11 95 1943 1896 MINIMUM 80 620 AM 56 1965 72 8 74 AVERAGE 93 83 10 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.74 1974 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.16 -0.16 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 8.88 7.63 1.25 8.82 SINCE JAN 1 36.74 25.73 11.01 26.52 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 28 17 11 20 MONTH TO DATE 54 35 19 37 SINCE JUN 1 1033 919 114 905 SINCE JAN 1 1278 1127 151 1204 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 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) 94 107 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 55 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 3 2008........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT AUGUST 4 2008........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 818 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 19.3 -0.4 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 30000 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT