000 CDUS44 KTSA 200802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 78 307 PM 106 1934 93 -15 87 MINIMUM 69 729 AM 57 1976 70 -1 76 AVERAGE 74 81 -7 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 3.99 1915 0.08 -0.03 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 6.51 1.51 5.00 0.44 SINCE JUN 1 15.39 8.98 6.41 9.26 SINCE JAN 1 43.25 27.08 16.17 26.96 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 9 16 -7 17 MONTH TO DATE 305 319 -14 404 SINCE JUN 1 1284 1203 81 1272 SINCE JAN 1 1529 1411 118 1571 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 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) 92 106 1993 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 58 1991 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 20 2008........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT AUGUST 21 2008........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 758 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 19.5 +0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 39500 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT