Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
LAFI2
Latitude
42.25000 N
Longitude
87.83330 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 659 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
2:25 AMCDT, 49 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 137 instruments in Illinois stand at one.

Station charts

Lake Forest Report

Rank 529 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 score97.4of 100

Illinois median
95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
Scoring higher
528stations in Illinois
Sharing its score
5ranks 529 to 533
Points deducted
2.61.4 arrival, 0.7 reports received, 0.5 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Illinois median 100.0, 100.0, 94.7
Next above
SMLI2rank 524; ahead on 247 score 97.5 against 97.4
Next below
ALTI2rank 531; behind on reports received 98.0% against 97.9%
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 3598.134.3 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.1659 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1086.18.6 of 10 pointsIllinois median 96.3half its reports arrived within 17 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIllinois median 100.0longest silence 45 min, on a schedule of one report every 15 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
  6. 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 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 :10, :25, :40 and :55
Reports received, 24 hours
91 of 9694.7% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
660 of 67298.2% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
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Longest silence, 7 days
45 minfrom Oct 15, 11:55 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:40 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
17 min9 in 10 within 22 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 1,393 ranked stations in Illinois 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, 2; 10 to 19 per cent, 8; 20 to 29 per cent, 28; 30 to 39 per cent, 5; 40 to 49 per cent, 83; 50 to 59 per cent, 144; 60 to 69 per cent, 25; 70 to 79 per cent, 91; 80 to 89 per cent, 143; 90 to 99 per cent, 339; 100 per cent, 525. Lake Forest received 98.0 per cent, 659 of 672 scheduled reports, rank 529 of 1,393.WHERE IT RANKS IN ILLINOIS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.0%, 659 OF 672, RANK 529 OF 1,393PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9210 to 19820 to 292830 to 39540 to 498350 to 5914460 to 692570 to 799180 to 8914390 to 99339100525STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Lake Forest's rank in Illinois by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 256 of 415; 2026-09-27 rank 285 of 417; 2026-09-28 rank 339 of 517; 2026-09-29 rank 342 of 535; 2026-09-30 rank 352 of 540; 2026-10-01 rank 368 of 542; 2026-10-02 rank 787 of 1,103; 2026-10-03 rank 692 of 1,104; 2026-10-04 rank 586 of 1,162; 2026-10-05 rank 567 of 1,318; 2026-10-06 rank 556 of 1,354; 2026-10-07 rank 533 of 1,449; 2026-10-08 rank 582 of 1,399; 2026-10-09 rank 593 of 1,364; 2026-10-10 rank 577 of 1,364; 2026-10-11 rank 497 of 1,359; 2026-10-12 rank 496 of 1,354; 2026-10-13 rank 575 of 1,360; 2026-10-14 rank 561 of 1,356; 2026-10-15 rank 534 of 1,375; 2026-10-16 rank 529 of 1,393.ITS RANK IN ILLINOIS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
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
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20265291,39398.0%
Oct 15, 20265341,37598.6%
Oct 14, 20265611,35698.2%
Oct 13, 20265751,36098.2%
Oct 12, 20264961,35498.3%
Oct 11, 20264971,35998.2%
Oct 10, 20265771,36497.7%
Oct 9, 20265931,36497.7%
Oct 8, 20265821,39997.4%
Oct 7, 20265331,44997.7%
Oct 6, 20265561,35497.9%
Oct 5, 20265671,31897.9%
Oct 4, 20265861,16298.2%
Oct 3, 20266921,10498.6%
Oct 2, 20267871,10398.6%
Oct 1, 202636854298.4%
Sep 30, 202635254099.1%
Sep 29, 202634253599.4%
Sep 28, 202633951799.6%
Sep 27, 202628541799.4%
Sep 26, 202625641598.9%
Reports received at Lake Forest, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510156 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Lake Forest, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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