000 CDUS44 KTSA 230814 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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 92 402 PM 103 2000 92 0 96 1922 1896 MINIMUM 71 542 AM 54 1956 70 1 74 AVERAGE 82 81 1 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 20.00 1941 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.65 1.75 4.90 0.44 SINCE JUN 1 15.53 9.22 6.31 9.26 SINCE JAN 1 43.39 27.32 16.07 26.96 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 15 2 20 MONTH TO DATE 341 366 -25 465 SINCE JUN 1 1320 1250 70 1333 SINCE JAN 1 1565 1458 107 1632 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 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) 92 103 1963 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 53 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 23 2008........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT AUGUST 24 2008........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 755 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 +0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 38800 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT