Ardmore (ARD2)

  • Station Number: 126
  • Location: 3.5 miles ENE of Ardmore
  • County: Carter
  • Commissioned: 02/22/2004
  • Latitude: 34.192580° / 34° 11' 33" N
  • Longitude: -97.085680° / 97° 5' 8" W
  • Elevation: 266 meters above Mean Sea Level (873 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 (FT05)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Final Temperature at 25 cm (FT25)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Final Temperature at 60 cm (FT60)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Starting Temperature at 5 cm (ST05)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Starting Temperature at 25 cm (ST25)
  • 229L Soil Moisture Starting Temperature at 60 cm (ST60)
  • Thermocouple Reference Temperature (TREF)

Site Extremes Site Extremes since commissioning on 02/22/2004

Maximum air temperature (°F) 111 08/03/2011
Minimum air temperature (°F) 2 01/07/2017
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 5.67 09/21/2018
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 21.78 05/2015
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 79.03 2015
Maximum wind speed (mph) 65.7 05/07/2008



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Clay loam 33.6 34.1 32.2
25 cm depth Clay loam 27 33.7 39.4
60 cm depth Clay 11.2 33.8 54.9
75 cm depth Clay 11.3 35.7 53