Broken Bow (BROK)

  • Station Number: 124
  • Location: 6.5 miles E of Broken Bow
  • County: McCurtain
  • Commissioned: 04/03/2003
  • Latitude: 34.043300° / 34° 2' 35" N
  • Longitude: -94.624400° / 94° 37' 27" W
  • Elevation: 113 meters above Mean Sea Level (371 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 Starting Temperature at 5 cm under Native Vegetation (ST05)
  • Thermocouple Reference Temperature (TREF)

Site Extremes Site Extremes since commissioning on 04/03/2003

Maximum air temperature (°F) 111 08/03/2011
Minimum air temperature (°F) -9 02/16/2021
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 8.73 04/29/2016
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 17.65 02/2018
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 85.73 2015
Maximum wind speed (mph) 62.1 08/17/2012



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Loam 45.4 40.8 13.8
25 cm depth Clay Loam 31.8 41 27.2
60 cm depth Clay Loam 31.1 34.1 34.8
75 cm depth Clay Loam 32.1 34.2 33.6