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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
520 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2018


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         81        MM  94    1965  77      4       92        
  MINIMUM         68    400 PM  30    2000  53     15       60       
  AVERAGE         75                        65     10       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.19          2.70 1887   0.13   0.06      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.19                      1.19  -1.00     0.74    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.94                      5.24   0.70     0.74    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.48                     34.60   5.88    42.85    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            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                                                             
  TODAY            0                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        22    -22        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        39    -39        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        39    -39        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY           10                         3      7       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  128                        33     95       88       
  SINCE SEP 1    499                       316    183      428       
  SINCE JAN 1   2539                      2011    528     2192       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       

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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        95      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        32      2000                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2018.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 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 AFTERNOON     19.6         -0.1

 MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        2745 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT