Beaver (BEAV)

  • Station Number: 8
  • Location: 1 miles SSW of Beaver
  • County: Beaver
  • Commissioned: 01/01/1994
  • Latitude: 36.802530° / 36° 48' 9" N
  • Longitude: -100.530120° / 100° 31' 48" W
  • Elevation: 758 meters above Mean Sea Level (2,487 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 5 cm under Bare Soil (TB05)
  • 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)
  • Soil Temperature at 30 cm under Native Vegetation (TS30)

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 01/01/1994

Maximum air temperature (°F) 113 06/26/2011
Minimum air temperature (°F) -18 12/18/2016
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 5.40 08/23/2019
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 11.20 05/2015
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 38.66 2015
Maximum wind speed (mph) 85.1 06/30/2014



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Loam 40.6 35.1 24.3
25 cm depth Clay loam 29 41 30.1
60 cm depth Clay loam 32.2 37.1 30.7
75 cm depth Clay loam 35.1 33.1 31.8