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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BOWD1
Latitude
39.05780 N
Longitude
75.39830 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:18 AMEDT, 59 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 2 instruments in Delaware stand at one.

Station charts

Muderkill River At Bowers Beach Report

Rank 41 of 127 in Delaware, 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 score97.1of 100

Delaware median
94.6the median score of 127 stations
Scoring higher
40stations in Delaware
Sharing its score
2ranks 41 to 42
Points deducted
2.92.5 arrival, 0.2 reports received, 0.1 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Delaware median 100.0, 100.0, 98.6
Next above
SCLD1rank 40; ahead on 247 score 97.3 against 97.1
Next below
WMND1rank 42; behind on reports received 99.4% against 98.2%

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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsDelaware median 92.7167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1075.07.5 of 10 pointsDelaware median 99.9half its reports arrived within 23 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsDelaware 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 medianDelaware median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianDelaware median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.9 of 10 points, at the medianDelaware median 98.6-

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 :18
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule, 182 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 15, 12:18 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:18 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
23 min9 in 10 within 23 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 127 ranked stations in Delaware 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, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 0; 20 to 29 per cent, 5; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 9; 50 to 59 per cent, 25; 60 to 69 per cent, 2; 70 to 79 per cent, 6; 80 to 89 per cent, 10; 90 to 99 per cent, 42; 100 per cent, 26. Muderkill River At Bowers Beach received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 41 of 127.WHERE IT RANKS IN DELAWARE, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 41 OF 127PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1100 to 9110 to 1920 to 29530 to 39140 to 49950 to 592560 to 69270 to 79680 to 891090 to 994210026STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Muderkill River At Bowers Beach's rank in Delaware by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 11 of 89; 2026-09-27 rank 13 of 48; 2026-09-28 rank 13 of 50; 2026-09-29 rank 8 of 51; 2026-09-30 rank 12 of 51; 2026-10-01 rank 7 of 51; 2026-10-02 rank 36 of 83; 2026-10-03 rank 36 of 83; 2026-10-04 rank 41 of 85; 2026-10-05 rank 44 of 112; 2026-10-06 rank 43 of 123; 2026-10-07 rank 38 of 123; 2026-10-08 rank 38 of 123; 2026-10-09 rank 31 of 123; 2026-10-10 rank 31 of 123; 2026-10-11 rank 36 of 124; 2026-10-12 rank 37 of 125; 2026-10-13 rank 38 of 126; 2026-10-14 rank 37 of 125; 2026-10-15 rank 39 of 127; 2026-10-16 rank 41 of 127.ITS RANK IN DELAWARE, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1204060Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%26
90 to 99%42
80 to 89%10
70 to 79%6
60 to 69%2
50 to 59%25
40 to 49%9
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%5
10 to 19%0
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20264112799.4%
Oct 15, 202639127100.0%
Oct 14, 202637125100.0%
Oct 13, 202638126100.0%
Oct 12, 202637125100.0%
Oct 11, 202636124100.0%
Oct 10, 202631123100.0%
Oct 9, 202631123100.0%
Oct 8, 20263812398.8%
Oct 7, 20263812398.8%
Oct 6, 20264312398.8%
Oct 5, 20264411298.8%
Oct 4, 2026418598.8%
Oct 3, 2026368398.7%
Oct 2, 2026368398.7%
Oct 1, 2026751100.0%
Sep 30, 20261251100.0%
Sep 29, 2026851100.0%
Sep 28, 20261350100.0%
Sep 27, 20261348100.0%
Sep 26, 20261189100.0%
Reports received at Muderkill River At Bowers Beach, reports from 0.0 to 10.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Muderkill River At Bowers Beach, reports from 0.0 to 10.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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