Bixby (BIXB)

  • Station Number: 10
  • Location: 2 miles NE of Bixby
  • County: Tulsa
  • Commissioned: 01/01/1994
  • Latitude: 35.963050° / 35° 57' 46" N
  • Longitude: -95.866210° / 95° 51' 58" W
  • Elevation: 184 meters above Mean Sea Level (604 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 01/01/1994

Maximum air temperature (°F) 112 08/03/2011
Minimum air temperature (°F) -22 02/10/2011
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 5.41 10/05/1998
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 18.50 05/2015
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 67.55 2015
Maximum wind speed (mph) 62.9 06/18/1996



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Sandy Loam 43.6 49.5 6.9
25 cm depth Silt Loam 36.7 53.2 10
60 cm depth Silt Loam 28.6 57.6 13.8
75 cm depth Loam 36.7 47 16.3