000 CDUS44 KTSA 300826 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 330 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 95 354 PM 105 2000 90 5 94 1954 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 51 1986 68 6 73 AVERAGE 85 79 6 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.22 1935 0.09 -0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 7.42 2.36 5.06 0.96 SINCE JUN 1 16.30 9.83 6.47 9.78 SINCE JAN 1 44.16 27.93 16.23 27.48 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 14 6 19 MONTH TO DATE 454 468 -14 594 SINCE JUN 1 1433 1352 81 1462 SINCE JAN 1 1678 1560 118 1761 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM 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) 90 107 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 52 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2008........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2008........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 745 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 -0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 25100 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT