862 CDUS44 KTSA 020905 CLIFSM FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 .................................................................. THE FORT SMITH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR 1 MAY 2001 CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1961 TO 1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO PRESENT WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 84 433 PM 93 1959 78 6 73 MINIMUM 58 640 AM 34 1903 53 5 58 AVERAGE 71 65 6 66 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) YESTERDAY 0.00 MM MM 0.16 -0.16 0.32 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 MM MM 0.16 -0.16 0.32 SINCE 1 MAR 3.39 MM MM 8.08 -4.69 5.73 YEAR TO DATE 12.89 MM MM 12.58 0.31 8.73 SNOWFALL (INCHES) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM MM MM 0.0 SINCE 1 MAR 0.0 MM MM MM MM 0.0 SINCE 1 JULY 4.6 MM MM MM MM 11.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 MM MM MM MM 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 MM MM 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 MM MM 3 -3 0 SINCE 1 MAR 569 MM MM 580 -11 473 SINCE 1 JULY 3734 MM MM 3445 289 2575 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 6 MM MM 3 3 1 MONTH TO DATE 6 MM MM 3 3 1 SINCE 1 MAR 143 MM MM 46 97 38 SINCE 1 JAN 146 MM MM 56 90 41 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION 210 HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION 200 AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY HIGHEST RH 96 PERCENT 653 AM LOWEST RH 46 PERCENT 153 PM AVERAGE RH 67 PERCENT .................................................................. THE FORT SMITH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 78 93 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 54 37 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET 2 MAY 2001.....SUNRISE 625 AM SUNSET 805 PM 3 MAY 2001.....SUNRISE 624 AM SUNSET 805 PM - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE OF PRECIPITATION. && ------------------------------------------------------------------ OBSERVED DATA IN FORT SMITH SINCE MIDNIGHT OBSERVED TIME VALUE (LOCAL) MIMIMUM TEMPERATURE 62 252 AM MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 66 126 AM PRECIPITATION 0.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------ THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT VAN BUREN OBSERVED 24 HOUR 24 HOUR VALUE CHANGE FORECAST STAGE (FEET) THIS MORNING 19.7 +0.3 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 15700 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT