000 CDUS44 KTSA 310838 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 330 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 92 331 PM 107 2000 90 2 90 MINIMUM 72 631 AM 52 1986 68 4 72 AVERAGE 82 79 3 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.97 1944 0.10 -0.10 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 7.42 2.46 4.96 0.98 SINCE JUN 1 16.30 9.93 6.37 9.80 SINCE JAN 1 44.16 28.03 16.13 27.50 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 14 3 16 MONTH TO DATE 471 482 -11 610 SINCE JUN 1 1450 1366 84 1478 SINCE JAN 1 1695 1574 121 1777 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 108 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 51 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2008........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 1 2008.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 744 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 19.2 -0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 14900 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT