Kingfisher (KIN2)

  • Station Number: 133
  • Location: 1 miles W of Kingfisher
  • County: Kingfisher
  • Commissioned: 03/05/2009
  • Latitude: 35.854310° / 35° 51' 15" N
  • Longitude: -97.954420° / 97° 57' 15" W
  • Elevation: 323 meters above Mean Sea Level (1,060 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 03/05/2009

Maximum air temperature (°F) 115 08/01/2012
Minimum air temperature (°F) -18 02/10/2011
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 3.86 04/29/2017
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 15.89 05/2019
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 44.20 2019
Maximum wind speed (mph) 75.2 07/12/2011



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Sandy Loam 54.7 26.4 18.9
25 cm depth Sandy Clay Loam 52.7 21.4 25.8
60 cm depth Silty Clay Loam 2.9 58.8 38.3
75 cm depth Silty Clay Loam 0.5 65.9 33.6