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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
STMI2
Latitude
38.93440 N
Longitude
88.02420 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 167 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:45 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

Embarras River AT Ste. Marie Report

Rank 392 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 score98.9of 100

Illinois median
95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
Scoring higher
368stations in Illinois
Sharing its score
30ranks 369 to 398
Points deducted
1.10.5 forecast check, 0.4 arrival, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Illinois median 100.0, 100.0, 94.7
Next above
05540060rank 390; ahead on reports received 100% against 99.4%
Next below
DECrank 399; behind on 247 score 98.9 against 98.8
Sharing its rank
6other 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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.1167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1096.39.6 of 10 pointsIllinois median 96.3half its reports arrived within 12 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 :45
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 12, 12:45 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 4:45 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
12 min9 in 10 within 19 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. Embarras River AT Ste. Marie received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 392 of 1,393.WHERE IT RANKS IN ILLINOIS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 392 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 Embarras River AT Ste. Marie's rank in Illinois by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 22 of 415; 2026-09-27 rank 24 of 417; 2026-09-28 rank 391 of 517; 2026-09-29 rank 373 of 535; 2026-09-30 rank 90 of 540; 2026-10-01 rank 269 of 542; 2026-10-02 rank 496 of 1,103; 2026-10-03 rank 496 of 1,104; 2026-10-04 rank 575 of 1,162; 2026-10-05 rank 548 of 1,318; 2026-10-06 rank 517 of 1,354; 2026-10-07 rank 500 of 1,449; 2026-10-08 rank 504 of 1,399; 2026-10-09 rank 470 of 1,364; 2026-10-10 rank 469 of 1,364; 2026-10-11 rank 422 of 1,359; 2026-10-12 rank 333 of 1,354; 2026-10-13 rank 399 of 1,360; 2026-10-14 rank 393 of 1,356; 2026-10-15 rank 401 of 1,375; 2026-10-16 rank 392 of 1,393.ITS RANK IN ILLINOIS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 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, 20263921,39399.4%
Oct 15, 20264011,37599.4%
Oct 14, 20263931,35698.2%
Oct 13, 20263991,36098.2%
Oct 12, 20263331,35498.8%
Oct 11, 20264221,35998.8%
Oct 10, 20264691,36498.2%
Oct 9, 20264701,36498.2%
Oct 8, 20265041,39997.6%
Oct 7, 20265001,44998.8%
Oct 6, 20265171,35498.8%
Oct 5, 20265481,31898.2%
Oct 4, 20265751,16298.2%
Oct 3, 20264961,10498.7%
Oct 2, 20264961,10398.7%
Oct 1, 202626954299.2%
Sep 30, 202690540100.0%
Sep 29, 202637353598.9%
Sep 28, 202639151798.5%
Sep 27, 202624417100.0%
Sep 26, 202622415100.0%
Reports received at Embarras River AT Ste. Marie, reports from 3.0 to 4.0, the latest 4.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Embarras River AT Ste. Marie, reports from 3.0 to 4.0, the latest 4.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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