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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
DHTC1
Latitude
33.96750 N
Longitude
116.49330 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 146 reports in 142 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:00 PMPDT, 2 hours ago
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 432 instruments in California stand at one.

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Desert Hot Springs Report

Rank 3,341 of 4,461 in California, Oct 17. 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 score81.1of 100

California median
90.9the median score of 4,461 stations
Scoring higher
3,339stations in California
Sharing its score
8ranks 3,340 to 3,347
Points deducted
18.910.0 arrival, 4.6 reports received, 3.4 accuracy, 0.9 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; California median 83.2, 100.0, 90.8
Next above
FLTC1rank 3,340; ahead on reports received 89.2% against 86.9%
Next below
FREC1rank 3,342; behind on reports received 86.9% against 83.9%

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 3586.930.4 of 35 pointsCalifornia median 98.8146 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 100.00.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 81.1half its reports arrived within 75 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 100.0longest silence 3 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-16.6 of 20 points, at the medianCalifornia median 83.2-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianCalifornia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.1 of 10 points, at the medianCalifornia median 90.8-

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
Schedule
every houron the hour's :00
Reports received, 24 hours
22 of 2491.6% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
146 of 16886.9% of its schedule, 168 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
30 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
3 hoursfrom Oct 13, 6:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 11:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
75 min9 in 10 within 84 min

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

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

Chart of the 4,461 ranked stations in California on Oct 17 by the share of their scheduled reports received in Storm Station's own record, up to 7 days, in tenths: 0 to 9 per cent, 74; 10 to 19 per cent, 106; 20 to 29 per cent, 32; 30 to 39 per cent, 17; 40 to 49 per cent, 114; 50 to 59 per cent, 278; 60 to 69 per cent, 133; 70 to 79 per cent, 222; 80 to 89 per cent, 396; 90 to 99 per cent, 2,009; 100 per cent, 1,080. Desert Hot Springs received 86.9 per cent, 146 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 3,341 of 4,461.WHERE IT RANKS IN CALIFORNIA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 86.9%, 146 OF 168, RANK 3,341 OF 4,461PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 97410 to 1910620 to 293230 to 391740 to 4911450 to 5927860 to 6913370 to 7922280 to 8939690 to 992,0091001,080STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Desert Hot Springs's rank in California by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 2,927 of 3,089; 2026-09-27 rank 2,801 of 3,141; 2026-09-28 rank 2,985 of 3,395; 2026-09-29 rank 2,975 of 3,460; 2026-09-30 rank 2,974 of 3,491; 2026-10-01 rank 2,991 of 3,586; 2026-10-02 rank 3,408 of 3,944; 2026-10-03 rank 3,406 of 3,944; 2026-10-04 rank 3,359 of 4,072; 2026-10-05 rank 3,394 of 4,333; 2026-10-06 rank 3,357 of 4,362; 2026-10-07 rank 3,327 of 4,381; 2026-10-08 rank 3,383 of 4,405; 2026-10-09 rank 3,445 of 4,400; 2026-10-10 rank 3,468 of 4,400; 2026-10-11 rank 3,429 of 4,428; 2026-10-12 rank 3,369 of 4,446; 2026-10-13 rank 3,403 of 4,464; 2026-10-14 rank 3,532 of 4,466; 2026-10-15 rank 3,484 of 4,462; 2026-10-16 rank 3,355 of 4,465; 2026-10-17 rank 3,341 of 4,461.ITS RANK IN CALIFORNIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,0004,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,080
90 to 99%2,009
80 to 89%396
70 to 79%222
60 to 69%133
50 to 59%278
40 to 49%114
30 to 39%17
20 to 29%32
10 to 19%106
0 to 9%74
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20263,3414,46186.9%
Oct 16, 20263,3554,46587.5%
Oct 15, 20263,4844,46287.5%
Oct 14, 20263,5324,46686.9%
Oct 13, 20263,4034,46490.4%
Oct 12, 20263,3694,44692.2%
Oct 11, 20263,4294,42892.2%
Oct 10, 20263,4684,40091.0%
Oct 9, 20263,4454,40091.6%
Oct 8, 20263,3834,40593.4%
Oct 7, 20263,3274,38195.2%
Oct 6, 20263,3574,36294.0%
Oct 5, 20263,3944,33392.8%
Oct 4, 20263,3594,07293.4%
Oct 3, 20263,4063,94493.3%
Oct 2, 20263,4083,94493.3%
Oct 1, 20262,9913,58692.2%
Sep 30, 20262,9743,49190.6%
Sep 29, 20262,9753,46089.3%
Sep 28, 20262,9853,39588.5%
Sep 27, 20262,8013,14189.1%
Sep 26, 20262,9273,08982.6%
Reports received at Desert Hot Springs, reports from 0.0 to 2.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.511.523 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 17
Reports received at Desert Hot Springs, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17
Precipitation at Desert Hot Springs, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.22, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.50Sep 18Sep 23Sep 28Oct 3Oct 8Oct 13
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
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Oct 111.22
Oct 100.23
Oct 90.00
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