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CLIFSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
410 AM CDT WED OCT 23 2002

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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         72    239 PM  90    1939  73     -1       82       
  MINIMUM         54    317 AM  32    1952  48      6       56       
  AVERAGE         63                        60      3       69      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.87                      2.68  -1.81     3.24    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.93                      6.29  -4.36     7.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.04                     34.42   1.62    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        2                         6     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  112                        76     36       87       
  SINCE SEP 1    112                        99     13      103       
  SINCE JUL 1    112                        99     13      103       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        4       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        56      9       30       
  SINCE SEP 1    407                       331     76      274       
  SINCE JAN 1   2128                      1918    210     2253       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     57           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        90      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        27      1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 23 2002.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 24 2002.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 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  19.8         +0.2

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        6900 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT