000 CDUS44 KTSA 070802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 6 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 97 448 PM 107 1970 94 3 96 1964 1956 MINIMUM 75 544 AM 54 1894 72 3 75 AVERAGE 86 83 3 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.09 1971 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.48 -0.48 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 8.88 7.95 0.93 8.82 SINCE JAN 1 36.74 26.05 10.69 26.52 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 21 MONTH TO DATE 153 103 50 118 SINCE JUN 1 1132 987 145 986 SINCE JAN 1 1377 1195 182 1285 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 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 1954 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 59 1957 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 7 2008........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT AUGUST 8 2008........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 814 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 20.2 +0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 28900 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT