Oilton (OILT)

  • Station Number: 71
  • Location: 6 miles ESE of Oilton
  • County: Creek
  • Commissioned: 01/01/1994
  • Latitude: 36.031260° / 36° 1' 52" N
  • Longitude: -96.497490° / 96° 29' 50" W
  • Elevation: 255 meters above Mean Sea Level (837 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) 114 08/01/2012
Minimum air temperature (°F) -21 02/10/2011
Maximum daily rainfall (in.) 5.56 10/05/1998
Maximum monthly rainfall (in.) 15.63 05/2019
Maximum annual rainfall (in.) 61.67 2019
Maximum wind speed (mph) 66.3 08/24/2002



Soil Characteristics

  Texture Class % Sand % Silt % Clay
5 cm depth Loam 45.8 40.3 13.9
25 cm depth Sandy Loam 52.1 34 13.9
60 cm depth Loam 48.3 35.3 16.4
75 cm depth Loam 41.9 35.4 22.7