Weather/Illinois/Instruments/FMRI2
Farmer City Rain Gauge
At a river or reservoir gauge in De Witt County, IllinoisAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- FMRI2
- Latitude
- 40.22830 N
- Longitude
- 88.66060 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 83 reports in 106 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 12:30 AMCDT, 2 hours ago
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Station charts
Farmer City Rain Gauge Report
Rank 628 of 1,393 in Illinois, 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 score96.8of 100
- Illinois median
- 95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
- Scoring higher
- 620stations in Illinois
- Sharing its score
- 9ranks 621 to 629
- Points deducted
- 3.22.3 arrival, 0.5 forecast check, 0.4 reports received
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Illinois median 100.0, 100.0, 94.7
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 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.183 of 84 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1077.27.7 of 10 pointsIllinois median 96.3half its reports arrived within 37 min
- Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIllinois median 100.0longest silence 3 h, on a schedule of one report every 2 h
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
- Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianIllinois median 94.7-
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 12 min, none at 2 h
- Continuity
- Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (6 h), none for 72 (144 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 2 hourson the hour's :30
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 12 of 12100% of its schedule, 14 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 82 of 8497.6% of its schedule, 105 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 3 hoursfrom Oct 14, 2:30 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 12:30 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 37 min9 in 10 within 37 min
From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.
Its schedule is one report every 2 hours, 12 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 2 hours count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 525 |
| 90 to 99% | 339 |
| 80 to 89% | 143 |
| 70 to 79% | 91 |
| 60 to 69% | 25 |
| 50 to 59% | 144 |
| 40 to 49% | 83 |
| 30 to 39% | 5 |
| 20 to 29% | 28 |
| 10 to 19% | 8 |
| 0 to 9% | 2 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 628 | 1,393 | 98.8% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 545 | 1,375 | 100.0% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 471 | 1,356 | 100.0% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 482 | 1,360 | 100.0% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 472 | 1,354 | 98.8% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 446 | 1,359 | 98.8% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 520 | 1,364 | 97.6% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 519 | 1,364 | 97.6% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 523 | 1,399 | 97.6% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 539 | 1,449 | 97.6% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 552 | 1,354 | 98.8% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 561 | 1,318 | 98.8% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 603 | 1,162 | 97.6% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 723 | 1,104 | 97.5% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 722 | 1,103 | 97.5% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 142 | 542 | 100.0% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 268 | 540 | 100.0% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 253 | 535 | 100.0% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 262 | 517 | 100.0% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 276 | 417 | 100.0% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 244 | 415 | 100.0% |