000 CDUS44 KTSA 220802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 85 310 PM 106 1993 92 -7 96 MINIMUM 70 111 AM 56 1956 70 0 73 AVERAGE 78 81 -3 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.42 1894 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.65 1.67 4.98 0.44 SINCE JUN 1 15.53 9.14 6.39 9.26 SINCE JAN 1 43.39 27.24 16.15 26.96 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 13 16 -3 20 MONTH TO DATE 324 351 -27 445 SINCE JUN 1 1303 1235 68 1313 SINCE JAN 1 1548 1443 105 1612 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 103 2000 1922 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 54 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2008........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT AUGUST 23 2008........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 756 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 19.8 +0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 44700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT