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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
POOC3
Latitude
41.41917 N
Longitude
73.28194 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 163 reports in 157 hours over the last seven days
Observed
4:00 AMEDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 14 instruments in Connecticut stand at one.

Station charts

Sandy Hook - Pootatuck River Report

Rank 96 of 375 in Connecticut, 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 score97.4of 100

Connecticut median
90.9the median score of 375 stations
Scoring higher
89stations in Connecticut
Sharing its score
7ranks 90 to 96
Points deducted
2.61.1 reports received, 1.0 arrival, 0.6 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Connecticut median 100.0, 100.0, 94.0
Next above
RIPC3rank 92; ahead on reports received 100% against 97.0%
Next below
WDVC3rank 97; behind on 247 score 97.4 against 97.3

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 3597.034.0 of 35 pointsConnecticut median 85.7163 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1090.49.0 of 10 pointsConnecticut median 100.0half its reports arrived within 15 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsConnecticut median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianConnecticut median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianConnecticut median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.4 of 10 points, at the medianConnecticut median 94.0-

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
163 of 16897.0% of its schedule, 165 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 11, 5:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:59 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
15 min9 in 10 within 15 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 375 ranked stations in Connecticut 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, 0; 10 to 19 per cent, 3; 20 to 29 per cent, 35; 30 to 39 per cent, 0; 40 to 49 per cent, 28; 50 to 59 per cent, 69; 60 to 69 per cent, 11; 70 to 79 per cent, 23; 80 to 89 per cent, 35; 90 to 99 per cent, 76; 100 per cent, 95. Sandy Hook - Pootatuck River received 97.0 per cent, 163 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 96 of 375.WHERE IT RANKS IN CONNECTICUT, Oct 16THIS ONE: 97.0%, 163 OF 168, RANK 96 OF 375PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1100 to 910 to 19320 to 293530 to 3940 to 492850 to 596960 to 691170 to 792380 to 893590 to 997610095STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Sandy Hook - Pootatuck River's rank in Connecticut by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 13 of 128; 2026-09-27 rank 10 of 128; 2026-09-28 rank 6 of 142; 2026-09-29 rank 6 of 143; 2026-09-30 rank 8 of 146; 2026-10-01 rank 56 of 146; 2026-10-02 rank 92 of 266; 2026-10-03 rank 94 of 266; 2026-10-04 rank 104 of 276; 2026-10-05 rank 94 of 356; 2026-10-06 rank 102 of 368; 2026-10-07 rank 95 of 369; 2026-10-08 rank 94 of 369; 2026-10-09 rank 86 of 365; 2026-10-10 rank 86 of 366; 2026-10-11 rank 84 of 362; 2026-10-12 rank 81 of 364; 2026-10-13 rank 90 of 366; 2026-10-14 rank 91 of 369; 2026-10-15 rank 90 of 372; 2026-10-16 rank 96 of 375.ITS RANK IN CONNECTICUT, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP150100150Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%95
90 to 99%76
80 to 89%35
70 to 79%23
60 to 69%11
50 to 59%69
40 to 49%28
30 to 39%0
20 to 29%35
10 to 19%3
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20269637597.0%
Oct 15, 20269037298.2%
Oct 14, 20269136998.2%
Oct 13, 20269036698.2%
Oct 12, 20268136498.8%
Oct 11, 20268436298.8%
Oct 10, 20268636698.2%
Oct 9, 20268636598.2%
Oct 8, 20269436997.6%
Oct 7, 20269536998.2%
Oct 6, 202610236898.2%
Oct 5, 20269435698.2%
Oct 4, 202610427698.8%
Oct 3, 20269426699.3%
Oct 2, 20269226699.3%
Oct 1, 20265614699.2%
Sep 30, 20268146100.0%
Sep 29, 20266143100.0%
Sep 28, 20266142100.0%
Sep 27, 202610128100.0%
Sep 26, 202613128100.0%
Reports received at Sandy Hook - Pootatuck River, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Sandy Hook - Pootatuck River, reports from 0.0 to 6.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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