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CLIFSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         70    117 PM  90    1939  72     -2       84       
  MINIMUM         54    702 AM  27    1952  48      6       69       
  AVERAGE         62                        60      2       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.07                      0.13  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.94                      2.81  -1.87     3.24    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.00                      6.42  -4.42     7.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.11                     34.55   1.56    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        3                         6     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  115                        82     33       87       
  SINCE SEP 1    115                       105     10      103       
  SINCE JUL 1    115                       105     10      103       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        57      8       42       
  SINCE SEP 1    407                       332     75      286       
  SINCE JAN 1   2128                      1919    209     2265       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     44          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        88      1891                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        28      1982                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2002.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2002.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 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  19.4         -0.3

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        6600 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT