000 CDUS44 KTSA 010802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 31 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 90 305 PM 108 2000 90 0 91 MINIMUM 71 619 AM 51 1915 68 3 70 AVERAGE 81 79 2 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.18 1962 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.42 2.56 4.86 0.98 SINCE JUN 1 16.30 10.03 6.27 9.80 SINCE JAN 1 44.16 28.13 16.03 27.50 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 13 3 16 MONTH TO DATE 487 495 -8 626 SINCE JUN 1 1466 1379 87 1494 SINCE JAN 1 1711 1587 124 1793 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 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) 89 108 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 49 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 1 2008.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 2 2008.....SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 742 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 19.7 +0.5 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 16100 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT