Weather/Georgia/Instruments/BUFG1
Chattahoochee River 4 NW Buford
At a river or reservoir gauge in Forsyth County, GeorgiaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- BUFG1
- Latitude
- 34.15690 N
- Longitude
- 84.07890 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 665 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 12:45 AMEDT, 34 minutes ago
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Chattahoochee River 4 NW Buford Report
Rank 558 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 score97.3of 100
- Georgia median
- 96.5the median score of 1,277 stations
- Scoring higher
- 518stations in Georgia
- Sharing its score
- 41ranks 519 to 559
- Points deducted
- 2.72.4 arrival, 0.4 reports received
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Georgia median 100.0, 100.0, 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 3599.034.7 of 35 pointsGeorgia median 99.4665 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1076.07.6 of 10 pointsGeorgia median 84.4half its reports arrived within 22 min
- Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsGeorgia median 100.0longest silence 45 min, on a schedule of one report every 15 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 (45 min), none for 72 (18 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 15 minon the hour's :00, :15, :30 and :45
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 93 of 9696.8% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 666 of 67299.1% of its schedule
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 45 minfrom Oct 15, 12:45 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 12:45 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 22 min9 in 10 within 24 min
From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.
Its schedule is one report every 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 452 |
| 90 to 99% | 431 |
| 80 to 89% | 96 |
| 70 to 79% | 62 |
| 60 to 69% | 34 |
| 50 to 59% | 107 |
| 40 to 49% | 67 |
| 30 to 39% | 2 |
| 20 to 29% | 21 |
| 10 to 19% | 5 |
| 0 to 9% | 0 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 558 | 1,277 | 98.9% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 523 | 1,279 | 99.1% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 780 | 1,273 | 98.2% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 786 | 1,293 | 97.9% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 567 | 1,314 | 98.0% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 588 | 1,307 | 97.9% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 590 | 1,288 | 97.6% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 592 | 1,288 | 97.6% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 596 | 1,294 | 97.3% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 545 | 1,275 | 98.2% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 570 | 1,041 | 98.3% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 578 | 1,015 | 98.5% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 569 | 902 | 98.6% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 587 | 876 | 98.9% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 587 | 876 | 98.9% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 445 | 666 | 98.5% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 409 | 665 | 99.3% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 449 | 662 | 99.2% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 453 | 646 | 99.2% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 407 | 583 | 98.9% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 447 | 582 | 97.8% |