- Stage now
- 83.04 ftreported Oct 16, 6:00 AM CDT
- 24 hour change
- -
- Elevation
- 499 ftabove sea level
- County
- Fayette County
- Position
- 39.1322° N, 88.9722° W
- Record since
- 2007
Water level
Kaskaskia 7 ESE Ramsey
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.
How it reports
- Schedule
- every 30 minon the hour's :00 and :30
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 47 of 4897.9% of its schedule, 52 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 334 of 33699.4% of its schedule, 367 reports in all
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 1 hourfrom Oct 12, 2:00 AM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 5:30 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 27 min9 in 10 within 28 min
From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.
Its schedule is one report every 30 min, 48 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 30 min count as one received.
Ranking Statistics
247 score95.9of 100
- Illinois median
- 95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
- Scoring higher
- 683stations in Illinois
- Sharing its score
- 32ranks 684 to 715
- Points deducted
- 4.13.3 arrival, 0.5 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Illinois median 100.0, 100.0, 94.7
- Next above
- 401934089541708rank 684; ahead on reports received 100% against 99.4%
- Sharing its rank
- 10other stations, equal on every measure
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.
- Reports receivedweight 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.1334 of 336 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1066.96.7 of 10 pointsIllinois median 96.3half its reports arrived within 27 min
- Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIllinois median 100.0longest silence 60 min, on a schedule of one report every 30 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
- 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 10 min, none at 60 min
- Continuity
- Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (1.5 h), none for 72 (36 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 Kaskaskia 7 ESE Ramsey
Gauges
Weather instruments
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.