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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
MRGI2
Latitude
42.26530 N
Longitude
88.60810 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 164 reports in 165 hours over the last seven days
Observed
10:15 PMCDT, 1 hour 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

Kishwaukee River AT Marengo Report

Rank 653 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 score96.3of 100

Illinois median
95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
Scoring higher
649stations in Illinois
Sharing its score
4ranks 650 to 653
Points deducted
3.72.4 arrival, 0.8 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
ENLrank 652; ahead on reports received 98.2% against 97.6%
Next below
ROKI2rank 654; behind on 247 score 96.3 against 96.2

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 3597.634.2 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.1164 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1076.37.6 of 10 pointsIllinois median 96.3half its reports arrived within 22 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIllinois 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 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 (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 :15
Reports received, 24 hours
22 of 2491.6% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
164 of 16897.6% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 12:15 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:15 PMlocal 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 1,393 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. Kishwaukee River AT Marengo received 97.6 per cent, 164 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 653 of 1,393.WHERE IT RANKS IN ILLINOIS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 97.6%, 164 OF 168, RANK 653 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 Kishwaukee River AT Marengo's rank in Illinois by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 126 of 415; 2026-09-27 rank 157 of 417; 2026-09-28 rank 142 of 517; 2026-09-29 rank 145 of 535; 2026-09-30 rank 156 of 540; 2026-10-01 rank 84 of 542; 2026-10-02 rank 689 of 1,103; 2026-10-03 rank 689 of 1,104; 2026-10-04 rank 570 of 1,162; 2026-10-05 rank 698 of 1,318; 2026-10-06 rank 675 of 1,354; 2026-10-07 rank 647 of 1,449; 2026-10-08 rank 617 of 1,399; 2026-10-09 rank 624 of 1,364; 2026-10-10 rank 626 of 1,364; 2026-10-11 rank 604 of 1,359; 2026-10-12 rank 632 of 1,354; 2026-10-13 rank 561 of 1,360; 2026-10-14 rank 543 of 1,356; 2026-10-15 rank 629 of 1,375; 2026-10-16 rank 653 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, 20266531,39397.6%
Oct 15, 20266291,37598.8%
Oct 14, 20265431,35698.8%
Oct 13, 20265611,36098.8%
Oct 12, 20266321,35498.8%
Oct 11, 20266041,35998.8%
Oct 10, 20266261,36499.4%
Oct 9, 20266241,36499.4%
Oct 8, 20266171,39998.8%
Oct 7, 20266471,44998.8%
Oct 6, 20266751,35498.8%
Oct 5, 20266981,31898.8%
Oct 4, 20265701,16298.8%
Oct 3, 20266891,10498.7%
Oct 2, 20266891,10398.7%
Oct 1, 202684542100.0%
Sep 30, 2026156540100.0%
Sep 29, 2026145535100.0%
Sep 28, 2026142517100.0%
Sep 27, 2026157417100.0%
Sep 26, 2026126415100.0%
Reports received at Kishwaukee River AT Marengo, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Kishwaukee River AT Marengo, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15

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