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Oklahoma Mesonet is a network of environmental monitoring stations. The network consists of 120 automated stations convering Oklahoma; each of Oklahoma's counties has at least one Mesonet station.

At each site, the environment is measured by a set of instruments located on or near a 10-meter-tall tower. The measurements are packaged into “observations” every 5 minutes, then transmitted to a central facility every 5 minutes, 24 hours per day year-round.

Oklahoma Mesonet is a cooperative venture between Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma and supported by the taxpayers of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Mesonet observations are displayed free of charge to the public on the web, at www.mesonet.org.

Variables Measured Every five minutes
 * Air temperature at 1.5 m
 * Relative humidity at 1.5 m
 * Rainfall
 * Barometric Pressure
 * Solar Radiation
 * Wind Speed at 10 m
 * Wind Direction at 10 m

Every 15 minutes
 * Soil temperature at 5 cm (under bare soil and natural sod)
 * Soil temperature at 10 cm (under bare soil and natural sod)
 * Soil temperature at 30 cm (under natural sod)

Every 30 minutes
 * Soil moisture at 5 cm
 * Soil moisture at 25 cm
 * Soil moisture at 60 cm

“Mesonet” is a combination of the words “mesoscale” and “network.”

In meteorology, “mesoscale” refers to weather events that range in size from one mile to 150 miles and can last from several minutes to several hours. Mesoscale events include thunderstorms, wind gusts, heat bursts and dry lines. Without densely spaced weather observations, these mesoscale vents might go undetected.

The Oklahoma Mesonet is a system designed to measure the environment at the size and duration of mesoscale weather events.