Ranking Statistics
247 score78.3of 100
- Arizona median
- 91.5the median score of 1,869 stations
- Scoring higher
- 1,694stations in Arizona
- Sharing its score
- 2ranks 1,695 to 1,696
- Points deducted
- 21.718.9 reports received, 1.6 continuity, 0.6 forecast check, 0.6 accuracy
- Counted at the median
- Forecast checknot measured at this station; Arizona median 93.8
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.
- Reports receivedweight 3546.016.1 of 35 pointsArizona median 85.7103 of 224 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsArizona median 79.1half its reports arrived within 18 s
- Continuityweight 1083.98.4 of 10 pointsArizona median 100.0longest silence 3.8 h, on a schedule of one report every 45 min
- Accuracyweight 2097.019.4 of 20 pointsArizona median 96.5its temperature against the airport station KFFZ, 5.1 miles away, over 96 readings: typical difference 2.2 °F beyond a steady offset of +0.4 °F
- Instrument checksweight 15100.015.0 of 15 pointsArizona median 100.00 of 96 readings failed their check against its reference station
- Forecast checkweight 10-9.4 of 10 points, at the medianArizona median 93.8-
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 (2.3 h), none for 72 (54 h)
- Accuracy
- Full marks within 2.0 °F of its reference, typically, none beyond 8.5 °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
The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 103 of 224 scheduled reports received, 45.9%.