000 CDUS44 KTSA 300803 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT THU OCT 30 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 73 353 PM 89 1950 70 3 67 MINIMUM 33 536 AM 22 1952 45 -12 44 AVERAGE 53 58 -5 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.79 1896 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.65 3.64 0.01 8.54 SINCE SEP 1 11.76 7.25 4.51 14.29 SINCE JAN 1 55.92 35.38 20.54 41.79 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 12 8 4 9 MONTH TO DATE 122 127 -5 80 SINCE SEP 1 122 150 -28 80 SINCE JUL 1 122 150 -28 80 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 48 61 -13 144 SINCE SEP 1 287 336 -49 476 SINCE JAN 1 1998 1923 75 2269 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 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 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 89 1968 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 22 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 30 2008.......SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 624 PM CDT OCTOBER 31 2008.......SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 623 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 19.3 -0.3 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 23900 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT