Kenton (KENT)

  • Station Number: 52
  • Location: 5 miles SE of Kenton
  • County: Cimarron
  • Commissioned: 01/01/1994
  • Latitude: 36.829370° / 36° 49' 45" N
  • Longitude: -102.878200° / 102° 52' 41" W
  • Elevation: 1322 meters above Mean Sea Level (4,337 feet )

Variables Measured Every 5 Minutes

  • Station Battery Voltage (BATV)
  • Barometric Pressure at 0.75 m (PRES)
  • Rain since midnight UTC at 0.6m (RAIN)
  • Relative Humidity at 1.5 m (RELH)
  • Solar Radiation (SRAD)
  • Air Temperature at 9 m (TA9M)
  • Air Temperature at 1.5 m (TAIR)
  • Supplemental Air Temperature (TSLO)
  • Wind Direction at 10 m (WDIR)
  • Wind Direction Standard Deviation at 10 m (WDSD)
  • Maximum Wind Speed at 10 m (WMAX)
  • Maximum Wind Speed at 2 m (WMX2)
  • Wind Speed at 2 m (WS2M)
  • Wind Speed at 10 m (WSPD)
  • Wind Speed Standard Deviation at 10 m (WSSD)
  • Vector Wind Speed at 10 m (WVEC)

Variables Measured Every 15 Minutes

  • Soil Temperature at 10 cm under Bare Soil (TB10)
  • Soil Temperature at 5 cm under Native Vegetation (TS05)
  • Soil Temperature at 10 cm under Native Vegetation (TS10)

Variables Measured Every 30 Minutes

  • 229L Soil Moisture Final Temperature at 5 cm under Native Vegetation (FT05)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Final Temperature at 25 cm under Native Vegetation (FT25)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Starting Temperature at 5 cm under Native Vegetation (ST05)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Starting Temperature at 25 cm under Native Vegetation (ST25)
  • Thermocouple Reference Temperature (TREF)

Site Extremes Site Extremes since commissioning on 01/01/1994

Maximum air temperature (°F) 107 07/19/2019
Minimum air temperature (°F) -22 02/15/2021
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 5.09 06/04/1995
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 8.27 08/2006
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 26.34 2017
Maximum wind speed (mph) 86.8 05/17/2000



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Clay 14.8 36.2 48.9
25 cm depth Clay 15.9 39.9 44.3
60 cm depth Silty Clay Loam 1.6 68.6 29.8
75 cm depth NA NA NA NA