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Essex Report
Rank 2,553 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 score89.3of 100
California median
91.6the median score of 4,465 stations
Scoring higher
2,551stations in California
Sharing its score
7ranks 2,552 to 2,558
Points deducted
10.76.6 arrival, 2.9 accuracy, 0.8 forecast check, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; California median 85.6, 100.0, 92.4
Next above
CRVC1rank 2,552; ahead on reports received 100% against 98.8%
Next below
O32rank 2,555; behind on reports received 98.8% against 88.8%
Sharing its rank
1other 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 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsCalifornia median 98.5166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 1034.03.4 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 81.2half its reports arrived within 43 min
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
Accuracyweight 20-17.1 of 20 points, at the medianCalifornia median 85.6-
Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianCalifornia median 100.0-
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 (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
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: 166 of 168 scheduled reports received, 98.8%.
Its schedule is one report every hour, 24 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same hour count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports received
Stations
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
Day
Rank
Stations ranked
Share received
Oct 16, 2026
2,553
4,465
98.8%
Oct 15, 2026
2,588
4,462
98.2%
Oct 14, 2026
2,693
4,466
97.6%
Oct 13, 2026
2,668
4,464
97.6%
Oct 12, 2026
2,632
4,446
98.2%
Oct 11, 2026
2,727
4,428
98.2%
Oct 10, 2026
3,339
4,400
94.0%
Oct 9, 2026
3,334
4,400
94.0%
Oct 8, 2026
3,282
4,405
94.6%
Oct 7, 2026
3,279
4,381
94.6%
Oct 6, 2026
3,283
4,362
94.6%
Oct 5, 2026
3,289
4,333
94.3%
Oct 4, 2026
3,277
4,072
93.3%
Oct 3, 2026
2,755
3,944
98.2%
Oct 2, 2026
2,755
3,944
98.2%
Oct 1, 2026
1,985
3,586
98.8%
Sep 30, 2026
2,257
3,491
98.4%
Sep 29, 2026
1,471
3,460
100.0%
Sep 28, 2026
1,514
3,395
100.0%
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
Hour
Temperature F
Dew point F
Relative humidity %
Wind mph
Wind direction °
Reports
Thu 15, 11 PM
68.4
41.1
37
-
-
1
Thu 15, 10 PM
70.2
40.5
34
6
45
1
Thu 15, 9 PM
71.4
38.3
30
9
44
1
Thu 15, 8 PM
72.3
37.4
28
11
28
1
Thu 15, 7 PM
73.0
36.1
26
15
25
1
Thu 15, 6 PM
73.9
35.9
25
14
25
1
Thu 15, 5 PM
75.2
34.9
23
15
23
1
Thu 15, 4 PM
76.1
35.6
23
15
23
1
Thu 15, 3 PM
76.3
35.8
23
14
26
1
Thu 15, 2 PM
74.3
34.1
23
15
27
1
Thu 15, 1 PM
74.1
35.0
24
16
31
1
Thu 15, 12 PM
72.7
32.8
23
17
35
1
Thu 15, 11 AM
70.5
35.8
28
14
27
1
Thu 15, 10 AM
69.1
35.5
29
14
18
1
Thu 15, 9 AM
67.3
34.8
30
12
13
1
Thu 15, 8 AM
65.8
35.9
33
13
12
1
Thu 15, 7 AM
62.2
36.9
39
11
10
1
Thu 15, 6 AM
62.6
36.6
38
3
87
1
Thu 15, 5 AM
63.7
36.9
37
10
13
1
Thu 15, 4 AM
64.2
35.2
34
9
8
1
Thu 15, 3 AM
58.5
37.8
46
6
32
1
Thu 15, 2 AM
57.6
39.1
50
4
67
1
Thu 15, 1 AM
57.2
40.7
54
5
86
1
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
Hour
Temperature F
Dew point F
Relative humidity %
Wind mph
Wind direction °
Reports
Thu 15, 11 PM
68.4
41.1
37
-
-
1
Thu 15, 10 PM
70.2
40.5
34
6
45
1
Thu 15, 9 PM
71.4
38.3
30
9
44
1
Thu 15, 8 PM
72.3
37.4
28
11
28
1
Thu 15, 7 PM
73.0
36.1
26
15
25
1
Thu 15, 6 PM
73.9
35.9
25
14
25
1
Thu 15, 5 PM
75.2
34.9
23
15
23
1
Thu 15, 4 PM
76.1
35.6
23
15
23
1
Thu 15, 3 PM
76.3
35.8
23
14
26
1
Thu 15, 2 PM
74.3
34.1
23
15
27
1
Thu 15, 1 PM
74.1
35.0
24
16
31
1
Thu 15, 12 PM
72.7
32.8
23
17
35
1
Thu 15, 11 AM
70.5
35.8
28
14
27
1
Thu 15, 10 AM
69.1
35.5
29
14
18
1
Thu 15, 9 AM
67.3
34.8
30
12
13
1
Thu 15, 8 AM
65.8
35.9
33
13
12
1
Thu 15, 7 AM
62.2
36.9
39
11
10
1
Thu 15, 6 AM
62.6
36.6
38
3
87
1
Thu 15, 5 AM
63.7
36.9
37
10
13
1
Thu 15, 4 AM
64.2
35.2
34
9
8
1
Thu 15, 3 AM
58.5
37.8
46
6
32
1
Thu 15, 2 AM
57.6
39.1
50
4
67
1
Thu 15, 1 AM
57.2
40.7
54
5
86
1
Thu 15, 12 AM
56.8
41.3
56
5
79
1
Wed 14, 11 PM
57.0
42.4
58
5
84
1
Wed 14, 10 PM
58.3
43.1
57
4
96
1
Wed 14, 9 PM
59.9
45.1
58
4
85
1
Wed 14, 8 PM
60.3
43.1
53
4
100
1
Wed 14, 7 PM
62.6
45.2
53
4
79
1
Wed 14, 6 PM
68.4
36.6
31
2
114
1
Wed 14, 5 PM
70.5
34.9
27
4
271
1
Wed 14, 4 PM
70.0
34.5
27
5
291
1
Wed 14, 3 PM
70.0
34.5
27
4
254
1
Wed 14, 2 PM
68.5
35.8
30
6
277
1
Wed 14, 1 PM
67.6
35.1
30
5
278
1
Wed 14, 12 PM
64.8
34.2
32
4
276
1
Wed 14, 11 AM
63.5
33.1
32
3
279
1
Wed 14, 10 AM
61.0
34.5
37
4
266
1
Wed 14, 9 AM
59.0
32.8
37
4
254
1
Wed 14, 8 AM
58.1
33.3
39
2
259
1
Wed 14, 7 AM
46.9
38.0
71
2
113
1
Wed 14, 6 AM
50.2
36.0
58
4
92
1
Wed 14, 5 AM
47.5
38.2
70
4
99
1
Wed 14, 4 AM
48.6
38.9
69
4
93
1
Wed 14, 3 AM
48.2
38.9
70
4
95
1
Wed 14, 2 AM
50.5
36.7
59
4
95
1
Wed 14, 1 AM
50.9
37.1
59
3
142
1
Wed 14, 12 AM
52.3
35.2
52
3
143
1
Tue 13, 11 PM
54.3
32.3
43
3
158
1
Tue 13, 10 PM
55.2
32.5
42
3
1
1
Tue 13, 9 PM
55.0
31.1
40
5
7
1
Tue 13, 8 PM
55.4
29.6
37
6
33
1
Tue 13, 7 PM
57.9
24.1
27
7
12
1
Tue 13, 6 PM
59.4
23.6
25
7
340
1
Tue 13, 5 PM
61.7
21.4
21
14
315
1
Tue 13, 4 PM
63.5
22.9
21
14
319
1
Tue 13, 3 PM
64.2
31.3
29
16
314
1
Tue 13, 2 PM
63.9
34.2
33
13
310
1
Tue 13, 1 PM
63.3
38.6
40
10
315
1
Tue 13, 12 PM
61.7
40.1
45
6
310
1
Tue 13, 11 AM
58.6
39.0
48
4
318
1
Tue 13, 10 AM
57.2
38.2
49
5
297
1
Tue 13, 9 AM
55.8
37.4
50
3
304
1
Tue 13, 8 AM
54.1
39.6
58
2
5
1
Tue 13, 7 AM
47.5
41.0
78
3
92
1
Tue 13, 6 AM
48.6
41.7
77
4
100
1
Tue 13, 5 AM
49.8
42.5
76
2
133
1
Tue 13, 4 AM
51.1
41.3
69
2
95
1
Tue 13, 3 AM
52.3
42.4
69
3
19
1
Tue 13, 2 AM
52.0
44.0
74
3
52
1
Tue 13, 1 AM
53.2
41.3
64
3
83
1
Tue 13, 12 AM
53.1
43.6
70
2
33
1
Mon 12, 11 PM
53.8
42.7
66
3
82
1
Mon 12, 10 PM
57.4
39.4
51
2
198
1
Mon 12, 9 PM
59.0
38.2
46
4
206
1
Mon 12, 8 PM
60.3
40.0
47
7
202
1
Mon 12, 7 PM
62.1
40.5
45
8
219
1
Mon 12, 6 PM
63.5
40.6
43
10
201
1
Mon 12, 5 PM
66.2
40.5
39
11
203
1
Mon 12, 4 PM
67.8
42.6
40
12
220
1
Mon 12, 3 PM
66.9
46.0
47
12
205
1
Mon 12, 2 PM
67.6
46.1
46
9
206
1
Mon 12, 1 PM
67.5
47.1
48
10
208
1
Mon 12, 12 PM
66.0
49.4
55
10
212
1
Mon 12, 11 AM
65.1
51.3
61
8
225
1
Mon 12, 10 AM
62.2
54.2
75
5
248
1
Mon 12, 9 AM
62.4
51.7
68
4
298
1
Mon 12, 8 AM
61.2
52.8
74
1
322
1
Mon 12, 7 AM
58.8
54.3
85
2
75
1
Mon 12, 6 AM
58.8
53.3
82
2
9
1
Mon 12, 5 AM
59.4
52.2
77
3
79
1
Mon 12, 4 AM
62.6
50.2
64
3
242
1
Mon 12, 3 AM
61.9
50.4
66
3
130
1
Mon 12, 2 AM
61.0
51.9
72
7
154
1
Mon 12, 1 AM
61.2
52.5
73
2
46
1
Mon 12, 12 AM
61.3
52.6
73
4
88
1
Sun 11, 11 PM
62.2
50.7
66
5
121
1
Sun 11, 10 PM
62.1
52.6
71
7
141
1
Sun 11, 9 PM
63.1
53.1
70
6
143
1
Sun 11, 8 PM
63.5
52.7
68
8
146
1
Sun 11, 7 PM
64.9
52.8
65
6
141
1
Sun 11, 6 PM
64.6
55.4
72
7
136
1
Sun 11, 5 PM
67.3
54.3
63
7
130
1
Sun 11, 4 PM
67.8
56.0
66
5
163
1
Sun 11, 3 PM
68.0
53.6
60
5
200
1
Sun 11, 2 PM
67.8
57.6
70
8
204
1
Sun 11, 1 PM
63.1
61.3
94
8
220
1
Sun 11, 12 PM
67.6
57.1
69
7
222
1
Sun 11, 11 AM
66.7
57.8
73
9
205
1
Sun 11, 10 AM
64.9
59.9
84
4
263
1
Sun 11, 9 AM
62.2
60.1
93
2
93
1
Sun 11, 8 AM
61.2
58.8
92
2
260
1
Sun 11, 7 AM
61.0
58.9
93
4
246
1
Sun 11, 6 AM
59.7
58.8
97
9
226
1
Sun 11, 5 AM
62.1
59.4
91
11
231
1
Sun 11, 4 AM
66.7
61.4
83
17
170
1
Sun 11, 3 AM
64.2
62.1
93
24
128
1
Sun 11, 2 AM
64.0
60.7
89
19
74
1
Sun 11, 1 AM
63.1
61.6
95
9
83
1
Sun 11, 12 AM
64.4
63.2
96
7
69
1
Sat 10, 11 PM
64.6
62.2
92
3
102
1
Sat 10, 10 PM
65.5
61.5
87
5
84
1
Sat 10, 9 PM
68.0
60.5
77
7
90
1
Sat 10, 8 PM
72.0
57.8
61
6
158
1
Sat 10, 7 PM
72.7
58.9
62
9
132
1
Sat 10, 6 PM
76.6
57.1
51
14
137
1
Sat 10, 5 PM
79.3
49.3
35
8
162
1
Sat 10, 4 PM
78.3
52.0
40
5
175
1
Sat 10, 3 PM
74.7
54.3
49
10
153
1
Sat 10, 2 PM
83.8
46.2
27
11
204
1
Sat 10, 1 PM
86.5
41.9
21
8
192
1
Sat 10, 12 PM
83.7
42.0
23
5
262
1
Sat 10, 11 AM
84.4
41.4
22
6
259
1
Sat 10, 10 AM
81.3
42.1
25
4
259
1
Sat 10, 9 AM
80.2
41.2
25
3
297
1
Sat 10, 8 AM
80.2
42.2
26
2
266
1
Sat 10, 7 AM
77.5
40.9
27
4
163
1
Sat 10, 6 AM
76.6
42.0
29
4
149
1
Sat 10, 5 AM
77.4
40.8
27
4
206
1
Sat 10, 4 AM
76.5
41.9
29
3
113
1
Sat 10, 3 AM
75.2
43.3
32
3
144
1
Sat 10, 2 AM
76.1
44.9
33
4
145
1
Sat 10, 1 AM
77.5
44.5
31
3
115
1
Sat 10, 12 AM
79.9
44.8
29
2
153
1
Fri 9, 11 PM
82.4
45.0
27
3
193
1
Fri 9, 10 PM
83.1
44.7
26
5
220
1
Fri 9, 9 PM
85.6
44.7
24
6
227
1
Fri 9, 8 PM
87.3
41.3
20
8
232
1
Fri 9, 7 PM
88.3
39.4
18
5
164
1
Fri 9, 6 PM
90.7
39.9
17
5
156
1
Fri 9, 5 PM
92.1
39.4
16
7
156
1
Fri 9, 4 PM
94.8
38.2
14
7
208
1
Fri 9, 3 PM
93.4
37.1
14
7
236
1
Fri 9, 2 PM
93.4
35.2
13
9
236
1
Fri 9, 1 PM
94.3
37.8
14
9
196
1
Fri 9, 12 PM
92.8
40.0
16
6
178
1
Fri 9, 11 AM
90.5
41.2
18
7
139
1
Fri 9, 10 AM
88.9
41.3
19
7
123
1
Fri 9, 9 AM
88.2
39.3
18
4
234
1
Fri 9, 8 AM
83.5
40.6
22
2
111
1
Fri 9, 7 AM
75.4
40.0
28
4
86
1
Fri 9, 6 AM
77.4
39.8
26
5
90
1
Fri 9, 5 AM
74.5
38.3
27
4
86
1
Fri 9, 4 AM
74.3
39.1
28
5
90
1
Fri 9, 3 AM
73.4
38.3
28
5
74
1
Fri 9, 2 AM
74.7
38.5
27
5
76
1
Fri 9, 1 AM
76.3
37.9
25
5
84
1
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
Day
High F
Low F
Highest dew point F
Lowest dew point F
Highest humidity %
Lowest humidity %
Strongest gust mph
Oct 15
76.3
56.8
41.3
32.8
56
23
29
Oct 14
70.5
46.9
45.2
32.8
71
27
11
Oct 13
64.2
47.5
44.0
21.4
78
21
26
Oct 12
67.8
53.8
54.3
38.2
85
39
24
Oct 11
68.0
59.7
63.2
50.7
97
60
41
Oct 10
86.5
64.6
62.2
40.8
92
21
24
Oct 9
94.8
73.4
45.0
35.2
28
13
19
Oct 8
96.1
73.0
43.2
32.5
31
11
13
Oct 7
94.6
70.9
45.1
40.7
38
16
16
Oct 6
91.0
68.7
48.6
38.2
44
17
18
Oct 5
89.2
74.5
47.4
42.9
34
20
22
Oct 4
90.9
74.1
49.9
41.3
38
18
24
Oct 3
92.5
73.0
48.9
37.6
42
15
16
Oct 2
91.2
70.3
49.8
43.2
48
19
18
Oct 1
90.3
66.2
49.3
40.5
50
18
12
Sep 30
87.1
61.0
54.4
42.4
79
21
15
Sep 29
73.8
59.5
56.1
49.3
82
43
24
Sep 28
80.4
58.8
59.3
49.3
90
44
25
Sep 27
86.4
76.1
55.0
41.5
47
21
22
Sep 26
92.3
70.0
49.0
34.8
38
17
21
Sep 25
92.1
69.4
53.7
37.8
55
15
16
Sep 24
88.5
73.9
54.5
31.9
43
20
21
Sep 23
92.8
67.5
39.3
31.5
32
13
15
Sep 22
87.8
63.0
47.2
29.4
47
14
13
Sep 21
88.3
76.3
46.4
30.6
29
17
23
Sep 20
91.9
67.3
32.1
15.5
21
6
17
Sep 19
91.6
66.7
34.9
20.3
26
10
17
Sep 18
89.4
73.0
58.5
32.1
57
13
19
Sep 17
87.8
71.8
64.2
56.7
73
35
20
Station report
Essex, in 4 sheets
Drawn from its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 PM local time, in the manner of the Field Book, and opened beside the plates that explain each part of it.
68.4 F with a dew point of 41.1 F, 37 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,200 ft up.
At 2,644 ft above sea level, 9 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.17 inHg and the temperature at 49.6 F; it reports 68.4 F, 18.8 F warmer than standard.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 46 degrees above the horizon at 34.67 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.