000 CDUS44 KTSA 290807 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 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 94 436 PM 106 1963 90 4 96 MINIMUM 72 532 AM 52 1967 68 4 70 AVERAGE 83 79 4 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.67 1964 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.42 2.27 5.15 0.96 SINCE JUN 1 16.30 9.74 6.56 9.78 SINCE JAN 1 44.16 27.84 16.32 27.48 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 14 4 18 MONTH TO DATE 434 454 -20 575 SINCE JUN 1 1413 1338 75 1443 SINCE JAN 1 1658 1546 112 1742 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 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) 90 105 2000 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 51 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 29 2008........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT AUGUST 30 2008........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 746 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 35700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT