Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 104 instruments in Arizona stand at one.
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Dry Beaver Creek Near Rimrock Report
Rank 700 of 1,869 in Arizona, Oct 16. The 247 rank orders a state's stations by their 247 score out of 100: how reliably they report, how accurate their readings are against a reference station, how their readings pass their checks, and how they stand against the forecast.
Ranking Statistics
247 score94.9of 100
Arizona median
91.5the median score of 1,869 stations
Scoring higher
699stations in Arizona
Sharing its score
2ranks 700 to 701
Points deducted
5.13.6 arrival, 0.7 accuracy, 0.6 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Arizona median 96.5, 100.0, 93.8
GRGA3rank 701; behind on reports received 99.4% against 97.6%
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 pointsArizona median 85.7167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 1064.46.4 of 10 pointsArizona median 79.1half its reports arrived within 28 min
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsArizona median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
Accuracyweight 20-19.3 of 20 points, at the medianArizona median 96.5-
Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianArizona median 100.0-
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 (3 h), none for 72 (72 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
At 3,694 ft above sea level, 13 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.14 inHg and the temperature at 45.8 F.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 46 degrees above the horizon at 34.73 N, and the day is 11 h 09 min long. Level ground there takes 72 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.