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Rodanthe - Atlantic Ocean

A water gauge in Dare County, North Carolina. Its stage was 8.66 ft as of Oct 16, 4:05 AM EDT.

Gauge RDPN7Dare County, North CarolinaEvery gauge in North Carolina

Stage now
8.66 ftreported Oct 16, 4:05 AM EDT
24 hour change
-
Elevation
7 ftabove sea level
County
Dare County
Position
35.5850° N, 75.4610° W
Record since
2022

Water level

Rodanthe - Atlantic Ocean

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 10 minon the hour's :05, :20, :25, :35, :50 and :55
Reports received, 24 hours
135 of 14493.7% of its schedule, 138 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
955 of 1,00894.7% of its schedule, 976 reports in all
Longest silence, 7 days
30 minfrom Oct 15, 1:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:20 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
13 min9 in 10 within 14 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 10 min, 144 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 10 min count as one received.

Ranking Statistics

247 score95.7of 100

North Carolina median
95.0the median score of 2,255 stations
Scoring higher
1,070stations in North Carolina
Sharing its score
19ranks 1,071 to 1,089
Points deducted
4.32.0 reports received, 1.6 continuity, 0.7 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Carolina median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
ELZN7rank 1,085; ahead on reports received 94.4% against 94.3%
Next below
CCLN7rank 1,087; behind on median arrival 13 min 29 s against 13 min 30 s

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 3594.333.0 of 35 pointsNorth Carolina median 92.6951 of 1,008 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1093.09.3 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 95.2half its reports arrived within 13 min
  3. Continuityweight 1083.98.4 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 100.0longest silence 50 min, on a schedule of one report every 10 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-

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 (30 min), none for 72 (12 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 Rodanthe - Atlantic Ocean

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.