000 CDUS44 KTSA 250802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24 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 91 118 PM 103 1922 91 0 98 MINIMUM 71 514 AM 45 1891 69 2 77 AVERAGE 81 80 1 88 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.20 2.00 1989 0.08 0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.42 1.91 5.51 0.44 SINCE JUN 1 16.30 9.38 6.92 9.26 SINCE JAN 1 44.16 27.48 16.68 26.96 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 15 1 23 MONTH TO DATE 372 396 -24 509 SINCE JUN 1 1351 1280 71 1377 SINCE JAN 1 1596 1488 108 1676 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 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) 91 104 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 52 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 25 2008........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT AUGUST 26 2008........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 752 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 19.9 +0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 38900 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT