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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
WSVC1
Latitude
36.86800 N
Longitude
121.81760 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 205 reports in 167 hours over the last seven days
Observed
9:55 PMPDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

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

Station charts

Watsonville 5SW - Slough Report

Rank 3,224 of 4,465 in California, 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 score84.1of 100

California median
91.6the median score of 4,465 stations
Scoring higher
3,218stations in California
Sharing its score
7ranks 3,219 to 3,225
Points deducted
15.910.1 reports received, 2.9 accuracy, 1.2 continuity, 1.0 arrival, 0.8 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; California median 85.6, 100.0, 92.4
Next above
CF019rank 3,223; ahead on reports received 78.5% against 71.1%
Next below
CW4719rank 3,225; behind on reports received 71.1% against 60.5%

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 3571.224.9 of 35 pointsCalifornia median 98.5205 of 288 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1090.49.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 81.2half its reports arrived within 15 min
  3. Continuityweight 1087.78.8 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 100.0longest silence 2.6 h, on a schedule of one report every 35 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-17.1 of 20 points, at the medianCalifornia median 85.6-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianCalifornia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.2 of 10 points, at the medianCalifornia median 92.4-

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 (1.8 h), none for 72 (42 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 35 min
Reports received, 24 hours
25 of 4160.9% of its schedule, 26 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
206 of 28871.5% of its schedule, 260 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
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Longest silence, 7 days
2 h 35 minfrom Oct 13, 11:20 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 8:55 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
15 min9 in 10 within 20 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 35 min, 41 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 35 min count as one received.

Chart of the 4,465 ranked stations in California on Oct 16 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, 78; 10 to 19 per cent, 83; 20 to 29 per cent, 45; 30 to 39 per cent, 22; 40 to 49 per cent, 118; 50 to 59 per cent, 285; 60 to 69 per cent, 120; 70 to 79 per cent, 209; 80 to 89 per cent, 391; 90 to 99 per cent, 2,034; 100 per cent, 1,080. Watsonville 5SW - Slough received 71.1 per cent, 205 of 288 scheduled reports, rank 3,224 of 4,465.WHERE IT RANKS IN CALIFORNIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 71.1%, 205 OF 288, RANK 3,224 OF 4,465PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 97810 to 198320 to 294530 to 392240 to 4911850 to 5928560 to 6912070 to 7920980 to 8939190 to 992,0341001,080STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Watsonville 5SW - Slough's rank in California by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 256 of 3,089; 2026-09-27 rank 247 of 3,141; 2026-09-28 rank 403 of 3,395; 2026-09-29 rank 423 of 3,460; 2026-09-30 rank 434 of 3,491; 2026-10-01 rank 216 of 3,586; 2026-10-02 rank 2,016 of 3,944; 2026-10-03 rank 2,015 of 3,944; 2026-10-04 rank 2,122 of 4,072; 2026-10-05 rank 1,736 of 4,333; 2026-10-06 rank 1,880 of 4,362; 2026-10-07 rank 1,965 of 4,381; 2026-10-08 rank 1,881 of 4,405; 2026-10-09 rank 2,775 of 4,400; 2026-10-10 rank 2,779 of 4,400; 2026-10-11 rank 3,379 of 4,428; 2026-10-12 rank 3,402 of 4,446; 2026-10-13 rank 3,330 of 4,464; 2026-10-14 rank 3,471 of 4,466; 2026-10-15 rank 3,465 of 4,462; 2026-10-16 rank 3,224 of 4,465.ITS RANK IN CALIFORNIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,0004,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,080
90 to 99%2,034
80 to 89%391
70 to 79%209
60 to 69%120
50 to 59%285
40 to 49%118
30 to 39%22
20 to 29%45
10 to 19%83
0 to 9%78
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20263,2244,46571.1%
Oct 15, 20263,4654,46267.2%
Oct 14, 20263,4714,46668.1%
Oct 13, 20263,3304,46468.4%
Oct 12, 20263,4024,44667.2%
Oct 11, 20263,3794,42870.1%
Oct 10, 20262,7794,40079.4%
Oct 9, 20262,7754,40079.4%
Oct 8, 20261,8814,40592.3%
Oct 7, 20261,9654,38192.8%
Oct 6, 20261,8804,36293.4%
Oct 5, 20261,7364,33393.9%
Oct 4, 20262,1224,07292.8%
Oct 3, 20262,0153,94493.3%
Oct 2, 20262,0163,94493.3%
Oct 1, 20262163,586100.0%
Sep 30, 20264343,491100.0%
Sep 29, 20264233,460100.0%
Sep 28, 20264033,395100.0%
Sep 27, 20262473,141100.0%
Sep 26, 20262563,089100.0%
Reports received at Watsonville 5SW - Slough, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Watsonville 5SW - Slough, reports from 0.0 to 9.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15

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