Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
OMCI2
Latitude
42.41530 N
Longitude
87.96890 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 193 reports in 165 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:00 AMCDT, 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

Mill Creek Report

Rank 1,020 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 score89.3of 100

Illinois median
95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
Scoring higher
1,019stations in Illinois
Sharing its score
2ranks 1,020 to 1,021
Points deducted
10.75.3 arrival, 4.8 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
IL-CK-384rank 1,019; ahead on 247 score 89.4 against 89.3
Next below
HOPI2rank 1,021; behind on reports received 86.1% against 71.4%

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 3586.230.2 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.1193 of 224 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1046.94.7 of 10 pointsIllinois median 96.3half its reports arrived within 37 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIllinois median 100.0longest silence 62 min, on a schedule of one report every 45 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 (2.3 h), none for 72 (54 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 45 minon the hour's :00 and :45
Reports received, 24 hours
27 of 3284.3% of its schedule, 30 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
192 of 22485.7% of its schedule, 242 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
83 minfrom Oct 16, 1:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
37 min9 in 10 within 42 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 45 min, 32 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 45 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. Mill Creek received 86.1 per cent, 193 of 224 scheduled reports, rank 1,020 of 1,393.WHERE IT RANKS IN ILLINOIS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 86.1%, 193 OF 224, RANK 1,020 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 Mill Creek's rank in Illinois by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 171 of 415; 2026-09-27 rank 234 of 417; 2026-09-28 rank 229 of 517; 2026-09-29 rank 220 of 535; 2026-09-30 rank 234 of 540; 2026-10-01 rank 120 of 542; 2026-10-02 rank 714 of 1,103; 2026-10-03 rank 722 of 1,104; 2026-10-04 rank 602 of 1,162; 2026-10-05 rank 577 of 1,318; 2026-10-06 rank 561 of 1,354; 2026-10-07 rank 538 of 1,449; 2026-10-08 rank 522 of 1,399; 2026-10-09 rank 517 of 1,364; 2026-10-10 rank 525 of 1,364; 2026-10-11 rank 537 of 1,359; 2026-10-12 rank 910 of 1,354; 2026-10-13 rank 985 of 1,360; 2026-10-14 rank 972 of 1,356; 2026-10-15 rank 996 of 1,375; 2026-10-16 rank 1,020 of 1,393.ITS RANK IN ILLINOIS, 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%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, 20261,0201,39386.1%
Oct 15, 20269961,37585.7%
Oct 14, 20269721,35685.2%
Oct 13, 20269851,36083.0%
Oct 12, 20269101,35485.3%
Oct 11, 20265371,359100.0%
Oct 10, 20265251,364100.0%
Oct 9, 20265171,364100.0%
Oct 8, 20265221,399100.0%
Oct 7, 20265381,449100.0%
Oct 6, 20265611,354100.0%
Oct 5, 20265771,318100.0%
Oct 4, 20266021,162100.0%
Oct 3, 20267221,104100.0%
Oct 2, 20267141,103100.0%
Oct 1, 2026120542100.0%
Sep 30, 2026234540100.0%
Sep 29, 2026220535100.0%
Sep 28, 2026229517100.0%
Sep 27, 2026234417100.0%
Sep 26, 2026171415100.0%
Reports received at Mill Creek, reports from 1.0 to 5.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02463 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Mill Creek, reports from 1.0 to 5.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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