Oklahoma City East (OKCE)

  • Station Number: 130
  • Location: 3 miles E of Oklahoma City
  • County: Oklahoma
  • Commissioned: 04/19/2007
  • Latitude: 35.472260° / 35° 28' 20" N
  • Longitude: -97.464140° / 97° 27' 50" W
  • Elevation: 355 meters above Mean Sea Level (1,165 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 Final Temperature at 60 cm under Native Vegetation (FT60)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Starting Temperature at 5 cm under Native Vegetation (ST05)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Starting Temperature at 25 cm under Native Vegetation (ST25)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Starting Temperature at 60 cm under Native Vegetation (ST60)
  • Thermocouple Reference Temperature (TREF)

Site Extremes Site Extremes since commissioning on 04/19/2007

Maximum air temperature (°F) 112 08/03/2012
Minimum air temperature (°F) -15 02/16/2021
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 9.15 06/14/2010
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 16.10 05/2015
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 51.67 2015
Maximum wind speed (mph) 68.2 07/16/2009



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Loam 37.3 37 25.7
25 cm depth Sandy Loam 76.2 8.8 15
60 cm depth Sandy Loam 73.1 14.4 12.5
75 cm depth Loamy Sand 83.7 7.5 8.8