000 CDUS44 KTSA 050802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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 105 210 PM 110 1964 94 11 95 MINIMUM 79 544 AM 54 1974 72 7 75 AVERAGE 92 83 9 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.35 1931 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.32 -0.32 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 8.88 7.79 1.09 8.82 SINCE JAN 1 36.74 25.89 10.85 26.52 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 27 17 10 20 MONTH TO DATE 107 69 38 78 SINCE JUN 1 1086 953 133 946 SINCE JAN 1 1331 1161 170 1245 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 106 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 54 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 5 2008........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT AUGUST 6 2008........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 816 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 19.6 +0.3 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 33100 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT