Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 243 instruments in Georgia stand at one.
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Chattooga River At Burrells Ford, Nr Pine Mtn Report
Rank 648 of 1,277 in Georgia, 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 score96.4of 100
Georgia median
96.5the median score of 1,277 stations
Scoring higher
647stations in Georgia
Sharing its score
52ranks 648 to 699
Points deducted
3.63.6 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Georgia median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
LKTG1rank 699; behind on reports received 100% against 97.6%
Sharing its rank
50other 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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsGeorgia median 99.4168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 1064.46.4 of 10 pointsGeorgia median 84.4half its reports arrived within 28 min
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsGeorgia median 100.0longest silence 76 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianGeorgia median 100.0-
Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianGeorgia median 100.0-
Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianGeorgia median 100.0-
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
At 2,050 ft above sea level, 7 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.77 inHg and the temperature at 51.7 F.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 46 degrees above the horizon at 34.97 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.