Hooker (HOOK)

  • Station Number: 48
  • Location: 1 miles W of Hooker
  • County: Texas
  • Commissioned: 01/01/1994
  • Latitude: 36.855180° / 36° 51' 18" N
  • Longitude: -101.225470° / 101° 13' 31" W
  • Elevation: 912 meters above Mean Sea Level (2,992 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 01/01/1994

Maximum air temperature (°F) 113 06/26/2011
Minimum air temperature (°F) -17 02/15/2021
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 4.16 08/18/2008
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 7.74 06/2003
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 25.57 2015
Maximum wind speed (mph) 90.0 05/15/2003



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Loam 36.4 38.8 24.8
25 cm depth Clay Loam 35.1 29.5 35.4
60 cm depth Silty Clay 11 47.1 41.9
75 cm depth Silty Clay 7.5 48.2 44.3