Weather/District of Columbia/Instruments/WASD2
Washington Channel AT DC/SW Waterfront
At a river or reservoir gauge in District of ColumbiaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- WASD2
- Latitude
- 38.87000 N
- Longitude
- 77.02000 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 671 reports in 141 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 4:36 AMEDT, 24 minutes ago
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Washington Channel AT DC/SW Waterfront Report
Rank 6 of 18 in District of Columbia, 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 score96.3of 100
- District of Columbia median
- 89.7the median score of 18 stations
- Scoring higher
- 5stations in District of Columbia
- Sharing its score
- 1no other station
- Points deducted
- 3.71.9 arrival, 1.1 accuracy, 0.7 reports received
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checksnot measured at this station; District of Columbia median 95.1, 100.0
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 3598.238.2 of 38.9 pointsDistrict of Columbia median 81.9671 of 683 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1083.19.2 of 11.1 pointsDistrict of Columbia median 88.2half its reports arrived within 18 min
- Continuityweight 10100.011.1 of 11.1 pointsDistrict of Columbia median 100.0longest silence 30 min, on a schedule of one report every 12 min
- Accuracyweight 20-21.1 of 22.2 points, at the medianDistrict of Columbia median 95.1-
- Instrument checksweight 15-16.7 of 16.7 points, at the medianDistrict of Columbia median 100.0-
- Forecast checkweight 10--
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 (36 min), none for 72 (14.4 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 6 min
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 40 of 24016.6% of its schedule, 47 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 46 of 1,6802.7% of its schedule, 53 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 24 hoursfrom Oct 9, 8:00 AM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 4:36 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 18 min9 in 10 within 21 min
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: 671 of 683 scheduled reports received, 98.2%.
Its schedule is one report every 6 min, 240 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 6 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 4 |
| 90 to 99% | 5 |
| 80 to 89% | 0 |
| 70 to 79% | 0 |
| 60 to 69% | 3 |
| 50 to 59% | 3 |
| 40 to 49% | 2 |
| 30 to 39% | 0 |
| 20 to 29% | 1 |
| 10 to 19% | 0 |
| 0 to 9% | 0 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 6 | 18 | 98.2% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 6 | 17 | 98.5% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 6 | 18 | 98.8% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 4 | 18 | 99.3% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 4 | 18 | 99.5% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 5 | 17 | 100.0% |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Hour | Temperature F | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15, 8 AM | 77.5 | 1 |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Hour | Temperature F | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15, 8 AM | 77.5 | 1 |
| Wed 14, 8 AM | 70.0 | 1 |
| Tue 13, 8 AM | 67.5 | 1 |
| Mon 12, 8 AM | 63.5 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 8 AM | 65.0 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 8 AM | 66.0 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 8 AM | 68.0 | 1 |