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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2008


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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         75    323 PM  96    1963  78     -3       84       
  MINIMUM         50    640 AM  31    1952  54     -4       70       
  AVERAGE         63                        66     -3       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.05 1970   0.12  -0.12     0.42    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.22                      0.96   2.26     6.95    
  SINCE SEP 1     11.33                      4.57   6.76    12.70    
  SINCE JAN 1     55.49                     32.70  22.79    40.20    
                                                                     
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                         3     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    7                        17    -10        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      7                        40    -33        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      7                        40    -33        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        32    -20      109       
  SINCE SEP 1    251                       307    -56      441       
  SINCE JAN 1   1962                      1894     68     2234       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         

                                                                      
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)   78        94      1965                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        30      2000                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2008.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2008.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   648 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       19.6         +0.1

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        35200 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT