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CLIFSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
410 AM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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         64    403 PM  92    1978  73     -9       80       
  MINIMUM         52   1028 PM  29    1976  48      4       54       
  AVERAGE         58                        61     -3       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.87                      2.55  -1.68     3.24    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.93                      6.16  -4.23     7.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.04                     34.29   1.75    32.80    
                                                                     
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        7                         6      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  110                        70     40       87       
  SINCE SEP 1    110                        93     17      103       
  SINCE JUL 1    110                        93     17      103       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        55     10       26       
  SINCE SEP 1    407                       330     77      270       
  SINCE JAN 1   2128                      1917    211     2249       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     67           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    84                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        90      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        32      1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 22 2002.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 23 2002.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 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  19.7         -0.1

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        4000 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT