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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
DLLI4
Latitude
41.24470 N
Longitude
93.26890 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
10:15 PMCDT, 1 hour ago
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 15 instruments in Iowa stand at one.

Station charts

White Breast Creek 3 WNW Melcher-Dallas Report

Rank 354 of 1,060 in Iowa, 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 score95.8of 100

Iowa median
94.7the median score of 1,060 stations
Scoring higher
349stations in Iowa
Sharing its score
9ranks 350 to 358
Points deducted
4.22.4 arrival, 1.6 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Iowa median 100.0, 100.0, 83.8
Next above
MUSI4rank 353; ahead on median arrival 21 min 52 s against 21 min 58 s
Next below
ESVI4rank 356; behind on reports received 99.4% against 99.1%
Sharing its rank
1other 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.

  1. Reports receivedweight 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsIowa median 99.0167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1076.17.6 of 10 pointsIowa median 82.9half its reports arrived within 22 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIowa 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 medianIowa median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIowa median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-8.4 of 10 points, at the medianIowa median 83.8-

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 and :15
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule, 26 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule, 194 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 15, 4:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:15 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
22 min9 in 10 within 35 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 1,060 ranked stations in Iowa 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, 5; 10 to 19 per cent, 2; 20 to 29 per cent, 12; 30 to 39 per cent, 2; 40 to 49 per cent, 47; 50 to 59 per cent, 72; 60 to 69 per cent, 10; 70 to 79 per cent, 118; 80 to 89 per cent, 80; 90 to 99 per cent, 425; 100 per cent, 287. White Breast Creek 3 WNW Melcher-Dallas received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 354 of 1,060.WHERE IT RANKS IN IOWA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 354 OF 1,060PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9510 to 19220 to 291230 to 39240 to 494750 to 597260 to 691070 to 7911880 to 898090 to 99425100287STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of White Breast Creek 3 WNW Melcher-Dallas's rank in Iowa by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 277 of 652; 2026-09-27 rank 561 of 653; 2026-09-28 rank 644 of 745; 2026-09-29 rank 643 of 758; 2026-09-30 rank 632 of 764; 2026-10-01 rank 626 of 771; 2026-10-02 rank 894 of 1,017; 2026-10-03 rank 895 of 1,017; 2026-10-04 rank 817 of 1,027; 2026-10-05 rank 791 of 1,089; 2026-10-06 rank 816 of 1,100; 2026-10-07 rank 759 of 1,096; 2026-10-08 rank 751 of 1,054; 2026-10-09 rank 838 of 1,051; 2026-10-10 rank 847 of 1,051; 2026-10-11 rank 853 of 1,048; 2026-10-12 rank 859 of 1,040; 2026-10-13 rank 280 of 1,035; 2026-10-14 rank 260 of 1,036; 2026-10-15 rank 310 of 1,038; 2026-10-16 rank 354 of 1,060.ITS RANK IN IOWA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%287
90 to 99%425
80 to 89%80
70 to 79%118
60 to 69%10
50 to 59%72
40 to 49%47
30 to 39%2
20 to 29%12
10 to 19%2
0 to 9%5
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20263541,06099.4%
Oct 15, 20263101,038100.0%
Oct 14, 20262601,036100.0%
Oct 13, 20262801,035100.0%
Oct 12, 20268591,04078.5%
Oct 11, 20268531,04879.4%
Oct 10, 20268471,05180.8%
Oct 9, 20268381,05181.2%
Oct 8, 20267511,05487.9%
Oct 7, 20267591,09688.8%
Oct 6, 20268161,10087.9%
Oct 5, 20267911,08987.5%
Oct 4, 20268171,02787.0%
Oct 3, 20268951,01787.8%
Oct 2, 20268941,01787.7%
Oct 1, 202662677181.0%
Sep 30, 202663276481.0%
Sep 29, 202664375880.9%
Sep 28, 202664474580.8%
Sep 27, 202656165383.8%
Sep 26, 202627765293.5%
Reports received at White Breast Creek 3 WNW Melcher-Dallas, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Thu 15, 11 PM0.002
Thu 15, 10 PM0.004
Thu 15, 9 PM0.004
Thu 15, 8 PM0.004
Thu 15, 7 PM0.004
Thu 15, 6 PM0.004
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Reports received at White Breast Creek 3 WNW Melcher-Dallas, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
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