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CLIFSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT MON OCT 14 2002

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         65    305 PM  94    1963  76    -11       66       
  MINIMUM         43   1159 PM  32    1977  52     -9       52       
  AVERAGE         54                        64    -10       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.73    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.58                      1.56  -0.98     3.23    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.64                      5.17  -3.53     7.08    
  SINCE JAN 1     35.75                     33.30   2.45    32.79    
                                                                     
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       11                         4      7        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                        33      0       39       
  SINCE SEP 1     33                        56    -23       55       
  SINCE JUL 1     33                        56    -23       55       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        44     21       20       
  SINCE SEP 1    407                       319     88      264       
  SINCE JAN 1   2128                      1906    222     2243       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        92      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        34      1885                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 14 2002.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 15 2002.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 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  19.5         -0.3

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        3900 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT