Ringling (RING)

  • Station Number: 81
  • Location: 1 miles N of Ringling
  • County: Jefferson
  • Commissioned: 01/01/1994
  • Latitude: 34.193650° / 34° 11' 37" N
  • Longitude: -97.588120° / 97° 35' 17" W
  • Elevation: 283 meters above Mean Sea Level (928 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) 113 07/19/2022
Minimum air temperature (°F) -11 02/16/2021
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 6.83 06/17/2015
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 20.95 05/2015
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 65.47 2015
Maximum wind speed (mph) 85.6 06/18/1998



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Sandy Loam 62.4 27 10.6
25 cm depth Clay Loam 35.3 25.4 39.3
60 cm depth Clay 29.1 29.1 41.8
75 cm depth Clay 27.7 31.7 40.6