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Elgin

A water gauge in Kane County, Illinois. Its stage was 709.45 ft as of Oct 15, 7:00 AM CDT.

Gauge ELGI2Kane County, IllinoisEvery gauge in Illinois

Stage now
709.45 ftreported Oct 15, 7:00 AM CDT
24 hour change
Rose 0.05 ftsince Oct 14, 7:00 AM
Elevation
713 ftabove sea level
County
Kane County
Position
42.0587° N, 88.2851° W
Record since
2008

Water level

Elgin

Stage is the height of the water's surface above the gauge's own fixed zero, in feet, not the depth of the water. Every point drawn is a reading the gauge sent, at the time it sent it.

Water level, 7 days at Elgin: the water from 709.40 to 710.40 feet of stage, the latest 709.45 feet.WATER LEVEL, 7 DAYSFTHIGH 710.40 FT, OCT 9, 7:00 AM · LOW 709.40 FT, OCT 14, 7:00 AM709.3709.5709.8710.0710.3710.5710.8Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15709.45
Latest
709.45 ftOct 15, 7:00 AM
Highest
710.40 ftOct 9, 7:00 AM
Lowest
709.40 ftOct 14, 7:00 AM
Range
1.00 fthighest less lowest
Change
Fell 0.95 ftsince Oct 9, 7:00 AM
Readings
7
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
TimeStage ft
Oct 15, 7:00 AM709.45
Oct 14, 7:00 AM709.40
Oct 13, 7:00 AM709.42
Oct 12, 7:00 AM709.60
Oct 11, 7:00 AM709.80
Oct 10, 7:00 AM710.08
Oct 9, 7:00 AM710.40
Water level, 30 days at Elgin: the water from 708.98 to 710.55 feet of stage, the latest 709.45 feet.WATER LEVEL, 30 DAYSFTHIGH 710.55 FT, OCT 1, 7:00 AM · LOW 708.98 FT, SEP 16, 7:00 AM708.5709.0709.5710.0710.5711.0Sep 16Sep 21Sep 26Oct 1Oct 6Oct 11709.45
Latest
709.45 ftOct 15, 7:00 AM
Highest
710.55 ftOct 1, 7:00 AM
Lowest
708.98 ftSep 16, 7:00 AM
Range
1.57 fthighest less lowest
Change
Rose 0.47 ftsince Sep 16, 7:00 AM
Readings
28
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayHigh ftLow ftAverage ftLast ftReadings
Oct 15709.45709.45709.45709.451
Oct 14709.40709.40709.40709.401
Oct 13709.42709.42709.42709.421
Oct 12709.60709.60709.60709.601
Oct 11709.80709.80709.80709.801
Oct 10710.08710.08710.08710.081
Oct 9710.40710.40710.40710.401
Oct 8710.50710.50710.50710.501
Oct 7710.40710.40710.40710.401
Oct 6710.40710.40710.40710.401
Oct 5710.40710.40710.40710.401
Oct 3710.45710.45710.45710.451
Oct 2710.45710.45710.45710.451
Oct 1710.55710.55710.55710.551
Sep 30710.48710.48710.48710.481
Sep 29710.50710.50710.50710.501
Sep 28710.45710.45710.45710.451
Sep 27710.40710.40710.40710.401
Sep 26710.43710.43710.43710.431
Sep 24710.30710.30710.30710.301
Sep 23710.30710.30710.30710.301
Sep 22710.30710.30710.30710.301
Sep 21710.15710.15710.15710.151
Sep 20709.70709.70709.70709.701
Sep 19709.22709.22709.22709.221
Sep 18709.00709.00709.00709.001
Sep 17709.00709.00709.00709.001
Sep 16708.98708.98708.98708.981

How it reports

Reports received, 7 days
7
Longest silence, 7 days
24 hoursfrom Oct 9, 7:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 7:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
3 h 57 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Ranking Statistics

247 score98.8of 100

Illinois median
95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
Scoring higher
398stations in Illinois
Sharing its score
3ranks 399 to 401
Points deducted
1.20.7 arrival, 0.5 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Illinois median 100.0, 100.0, 94.7
Next above
DECrank 399; ahead on reports due 168 against 7, the longer record first
Next below
06Crank 401; behind on reports received 100% against 99.8%

Equal scores are ordered by the share of scheduled reports received, then the reports due in the week (the longer record first), then the median arrival, then the longest silence.

  1. Reports receivedweight 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.17 of 7 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1092.99.3 of 10 pointsIllinois median 96.3half its reports arrived within 3.9 h
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIllinois median 100.0longest silence 24 h, on a schedule of one report every 24 h
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianIllinois median 94.7-

The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.

How each part is scored
Reports received
Full marks for every scheduled report received, none for none, in proportion between
Arrival
Full marks for a median arrival within 2.4 h, none at 24 h
Continuity
Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (72 h), none for 72 (1728 h)
Accuracy
Full marks within 1.5 °F of its reference, typically, none beyond 8.0 °F
Instrument checks
Full marks for no reading failed, none for 5 per cent or more
Forecast check
Full marks within 2 °F of the forecast on average, none at 8 °F

Near Elgin

How to read a gauge

A gauge measures the height of the water where it stands, its stage, in feet above a fixed mark at that gauge. Two gauges' stages are not comparable: each is measured from its own mark, and a reservoir's is often its height above sea level.

The stage shown is the latest the gauge reported, with the time it reported it. Storm Station hears each gauge on its own schedule and ranks it among its state's stations by its 247 score, how reliably it reports and how its readings hold up: that is its 247 rank.