000 CDUS44 KTSA 040849 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 350 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3 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 105 420 PM 107 1896 94 11 96 MINIMUM 77 603 AM 55 1976 72 5 75 AVERAGE 91 83 8 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.58 1933 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.24 -0.24 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 8.88 7.71 1.17 8.82 SINCE JAN 1 36.74 25.81 10.93 26.52 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 26 17 9 21 MONTH TO DATE 80 52 28 58 SINCE JUN 1 1059 936 123 926 SINCE JAN 1 1304 1144 160 1225 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 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) 94 110 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 54 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 4 2008........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT AUGUST 5 2008........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 817 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 +0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 33500 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT