000 CDUS44 KTSA 060807 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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 103 305 PM 106 1934 94 9 95 MINIMUM 77 601 AM 54 1894 72 5 73 AVERAGE 90 83 7 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.28 1985 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.40 -0.40 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 8.88 7.87 1.01 8.82 SINCE JAN 1 36.74 25.97 10.77 26.52 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 25 17 8 19 MONTH TO DATE 132 86 46 97 SINCE JUN 1 1111 970 141 965 SINCE JAN 1 1356 1178 178 1264 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 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) 94 107 1970 1964 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 54 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 6 2008........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT AUGUST 7 2008........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 815 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 20.1 +0.6 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 27300 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT