AFOS product CLIFSM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
765 
CDUS44 KTSA 130802
CLIFSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014


................................... 

...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 2014...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2014


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         84    324 PM  92    1972  73     11       65       
  MINIMUM         60    551 AM  30    1940  48     12       38       
  AVERAGE         72                        61     11       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.60 2009   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.63                      1.59   0.04     1.88    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.48                      5.44   0.04     5.30    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.25                     11.01  -3.76    13.73    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                       0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                       0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      0.5                                       0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     10.7                                       8.0     
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         6     -6       13       
  MONTH TO DATE   67                        85    -18       99       
  SINCE MAR 1    526                       471     55      568       
  SINCE JUL 1   3471                      3144    327     2891       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         2      5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   28                        14     14       18       
  SINCE MAR 1     28                        25      3       20       
  SINCE JAN 1     28                        26      2       21       
..................................................................


WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

..........................................................

                                                                     
THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        90      1972                    
                                             1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        29      1997                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 13 2014.........SUNRISE   648 AM CDT   SUNSET   749 PM CDT   
APRIL 14 2014.........SUNRISE   646 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 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       19.1         +0.1

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        10900 
...........................................................
ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT