000 CDUS44 KTSA 310806 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 79 159 PM 89 1968 69 10 70 1937 MINIMUM 42 543 AM 22 1917 45 -3 40 AVERAGE 61 57 4 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.98 1941 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.65 3.79 -0.14 8.54 SINCE SEP 1 11.76 7.40 4.36 14.29 SINCE JAN 1 55.92 35.53 20.39 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 4 9 -5 10 MONTH TO DATE 126 136 -10 90 SINCE SEP 1 126 159 -33 90 SINCE JUL 1 126 159 -33 90 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 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 87 2003 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 31 2008.......SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 623 PM CDT NOVEMBER 1 2008......SUNRISE 739 AM CDT SUNSET 622 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 +0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 24900 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT