Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 104 instruments in Arizona stand at one.
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Las Moras Wash (Upper) Near Sasabe, Az [Precip] Report
Rank 185 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 score98.1of 100
Arizona median
91.5the median score of 1,869 stations
Scoring higher
184stations in Arizona
Sharing its score
14ranks 185 to 198
Points deducted
1.90.7 accuracy, 0.6 forecast check, 0.6 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Arizona median 96.5, 100.0, 93.8
QHTA3rank 190; behind on median arrival 12 min 48 s against 12 min 49 s
Sharing its rank
4other 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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsArizona median 85.7168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 1094.49.4 of 10 pointsArizona median 79.1half its reports arrived within 13 min
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsArizona median 100.0longest silence 61 min, 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 4,119 ft above sea level, 14 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.73 inHg and the temperature at 44.3 F.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 49 degrees above the horizon at 31.68 N, and the day is 11 h 15 min long. Level ground there takes 76 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.