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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT FRI OCT 3 2008

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         74    258 PM  93    2006  80     -6       90       
                                      2002                          
                                      2000                          
  MINIMUM         52    644 AM  37    1975  56     -4       69       
  AVERAGE         63                        68     -5       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.05 1905   0.12  -0.12     0.76    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.24  -0.24     0.76    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.11                      3.85   4.26     6.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     52.27                     31.98  20.29    34.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                       0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                       0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                                       0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                       0.0     
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         2      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                         4     -2        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      2                        27    -25        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      2                        27    -25        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         5     -5       15       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                        10     -9       25       
  SINCE SEP 1    240                       285    -45      357       
  SINCE JAN 1   1951                      1872     79     2150       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.4                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER  MM                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    MM                                                       
 LOWEST     MM                                                       
 AVERAGE    MM                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        95      1963                    
                                             1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        35      1987                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  3 2008.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   658 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  4 2008.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   656 PM CDT   

                                                                     
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

 


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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                                        54700 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT