Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
LSMI4
Latitude
43.32740 N
Longitude
95.20120 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 538 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:45 AMCDT, 40 minutes ago

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

Milford Report

Rank 817 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 score86.4of 100

Iowa median
94.7the median score of 1,060 stations
Scoring higher
815stations in Iowa
Sharing its score
2ranks 816 to 817
Points deducted
13.67.0 reports received, 3.4 arrival, 1.6 forecast check, 1.6 continuity
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Iowa median 100.0, 100.0, 83.8
Next above
VTIrank 816; ahead on reports received 89.8% against 80.0%
Next below
LKPI4rank 818; behind on 247 score 86.4 against 86.1

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 3580.128.0 of 35 pointsIowa median 99.0538 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1066.46.6 of 10 pointsIowa median 82.9half its reports arrived within 27 min
  3. Continuityweight 1083.98.4 of 10 pointsIowa median 100.0longest silence 75 min, on a schedule of one report every 15 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 (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
77 of 9680.2% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
536 of 67279.7% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
75 minfrom Oct 14, 8:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:45 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
27 min9 in 10 within 32 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.

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. Milford received 80.0 per cent, 538 of 672 scheduled reports, rank 817 of 1,060.WHERE IT RANKS IN IOWA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 80.0%, 538 OF 672, RANK 817 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 Milford's rank in Iowa by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 649 of 652; 2026-09-27 rank 650 of 653; 2026-09-28 rank 744 of 745; 2026-09-29 rank 748 of 758; 2026-09-30 rank 761 of 764; 2026-10-01 rank 766 of 771; 2026-10-02 rank 1,010 of 1,017; 2026-10-03 rank 1,010 of 1,017; 2026-10-04 rank 1,015 of 1,027; 2026-10-05 rank 1,029 of 1,089; 2026-10-06 rank 958 of 1,100; 2026-10-07 rank 761 of 1,096; 2026-10-08 rank 672 of 1,054; 2026-10-09 rank 710 of 1,051; 2026-10-10 rank 710 of 1,051; 2026-10-11 rank 715 of 1,048; 2026-10-12 rank 720 of 1,040; 2026-10-13 rank 729 of 1,035; 2026-10-14 rank 752 of 1,036; 2026-10-15 rank 772 of 1,038; 2026-10-16 rank 817 of 1,060.ITS RANK IN IOWA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,500Sep 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, 20268171,06080.0%
Oct 15, 20267721,03883.7%
Oct 14, 20267521,03688.0%
Oct 13, 20267291,03591.0%
Oct 12, 20267201,04092.8%
Oct 11, 20267151,04894.3%
Oct 10, 20267101,05195.9%
Oct 9, 20267101,05195.9%
Oct 8, 20266721,05498.2%
Oct 7, 20267611,09693.8%
Oct 6, 20269581,10082.2%
Oct 5, 20261,0291,08971.1%
Oct 4, 20261,0151,02758.1%
Oct 3, 20261,0101,01746.6%
Oct 2, 20261,0101,01746.6%
Oct 1, 202676677137.4%
Sep 30, 202676176425.0%
Sep 29, 202674875842.5%
Sep 28, 202674474542.8%
Sep 27, 202665065348.6%
Sep 26, 202664965247.8%
Reports received at Milford, reports from 1.0 to 6.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02463 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Reports received at Milford, reports from 1.0 to 6.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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