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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
MWCI4
Latitude
43.14861 N
Longitude
93.26861 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
9:45 PMCDT, 29 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

Mason City 3W - Willow Creek Report

Rank 313 of 1,055 in Iowa, Oct 17. 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 score96.0of 100

Iowa median
94.7the median score of 1,055 stations
Scoring higher
305stations in Iowa
Sharing its score
32ranks 306 to 337
Points deducted
4.02.4 arrival, 1.6 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Iowa median 100.0, 100.0, 83.6
Next above
TRCI4rank 311; ahead on longest silence 60 min against 78 min
Next below
IDNI4rank 326; behind on median arrival 21 min 52 s against 21 min 57 s
Sharing its rank
12other 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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsIowa median 99.1168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1076.37.6 of 10 pointsIowa median 82.8half its reports arrived within 22 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIowa median 100.0longest silence 78 min, 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 83.6-

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 :45
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule, 169 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 hourfrom Oct 9, 7:45 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 6:45 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
22 min9 in 10 within 29 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 1,055 ranked stations in Iowa on Oct 17 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, 4; 10 to 19 per cent, 11; 20 to 29 per cent, 2; 30 to 39 per cent, 2; 40 to 49 per cent, 43; 50 to 59 per cent, 68; 60 to 69 per cent, 11; 70 to 79 per cent, 112; 80 to 89 per cent, 88; 90 to 99 per cent, 399; 100 per cent, 315. Mason City 3W - Willow Creek received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 313 of 1,055.WHERE IT RANKS IN IOWA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 313 OF 1,055PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9410 to 191120 to 29230 to 39240 to 494350 to 596860 to 691170 to 7911280 to 898890 to 99399100315STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Mason City 3W - Willow Creek's rank in Iowa by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 171 of 652; 2026-09-27 rank 169 of 653; 2026-09-28 rank 165 of 745; 2026-09-29 rank 169 of 758; 2026-09-30 rank 160 of 764; 2026-10-01 rank 112 of 771; 2026-10-02 rank 459 of 1,017; 2026-10-03 rank 460 of 1,017; 2026-10-04 rank 396 of 1,027; 2026-10-05 rank 395 of 1,089; 2026-10-06 rank 527 of 1,100; 2026-10-07 rank 449 of 1,096; 2026-10-08 rank 382 of 1,054; 2026-10-09 rank 397 of 1,051; 2026-10-10 rank 397 of 1,051; 2026-10-11 rank 395 of 1,048; 2026-10-12 rank 384 of 1,040; 2026-10-13 rank 311 of 1,035; 2026-10-14 rank 301 of 1,036; 2026-10-15 rank 345 of 1,038; 2026-10-16 rank 312 of 1,060; 2026-10-17 rank 313 of 1,055.ITS RANK IN IOWA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%315
90 to 99%399
80 to 89%88
70 to 79%112
60 to 69%11
50 to 59%68
40 to 49%43
30 to 39%2
20 to 29%2
10 to 19%11
0 to 9%4
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20263131,055100.0%
Oct 16, 20263121,060100.0%
Oct 15, 20263451,03899.4%
Oct 14, 20263011,03698.8%
Oct 13, 20263111,03598.8%
Oct 12, 20263841,04098.8%
Oct 11, 20263951,04898.2%
Oct 10, 20263971,05198.2%
Oct 9, 20263971,05198.2%
Oct 8, 20263821,05498.8%
Oct 7, 20264491,09699.4%
Oct 6, 20265271,10099.4%
Oct 5, 20263951,08999.4%
Oct 4, 20263961,027100.0%
Oct 3, 20264601,017100.0%
Oct 2, 20264591,017100.0%
Oct 1, 2026112771100.0%
Sep 30, 2026160764100.0%
Sep 29, 2026169758100.0%
Sep 28, 2026165745100.0%
Sep 27, 2026169653100.0%
Sep 26, 2026171652100.0%
Reports received at Mason City 3W - Willow Creek, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Mason City 3W - Willow Creek, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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