Jay (JAYX)

  • Station Number: 51
  • Location: 4 miles N of Jay
  • County: Delaware
  • Commissioned: 01/01/1994
  • Latitude: 36.482100° / 36° 28' 55" N
  • Longitude: -94.782870° / 94° 46' 58" W
  • Elevation: 304 meters above Mean Sea Level (997 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) 111 08/02/2011
Minimum air temperature (°F) -16 02/10/2011
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 7.75 10/06/2019
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 15.80 10/2019
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 80.67 2019
Maximum wind speed (mph) 54.3 04/19/2000



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Silt Loam 7.4 74.5 18.1
25 cm depth Silt Loam 6.7 70.8 22.5
60 cm depth Silty Clay 4 44.3 51.8
75 cm depth Silty Clay 7.2 42.3 50.4