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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
WBDI2
Latitude
41.91080 N
Longitude
88.17890 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:55 AMCDT, 39 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

West Chicago - WB Dupage River Report

Rank 350 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 score99.1of 100

Illinois median
95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
Scoring higher
338stations in Illinois
Sharing its score
17ranks 339 to 355
Points deducted
0.90.5 forecast check, 0.4 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Illinois median 100.0, 100.0, 94.7
Next above
WLMI2rank 340; ahead on longest silence 60 min against 67 min
Next below
CISI2rank 351; behind on reports due 168 against 7, the longer record first

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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.1168 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 67 min, 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 :55
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 hourfrom Oct 8, 9:55 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 8:55 PMlocal 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. West Chicago - WB Dupage River received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 350 of 1,393.WHERE IT RANKS IN ILLINOIS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 350 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 West Chicago - WB Dupage River's rank in Illinois by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 90 of 415; 2026-09-27 rank 90 of 417; 2026-09-28 rank 83 of 517; 2026-09-29 rank 86 of 535; 2026-09-30 rank 86 of 540; 2026-10-01 rank 44 of 542; 2026-10-02 rank 599 of 1,103; 2026-10-03 rank 599 of 1,104; 2026-10-04 rank 497 of 1,162; 2026-10-05 rank 476 of 1,318; 2026-10-06 rank 475 of 1,354; 2026-10-07 rank 455 of 1,449; 2026-10-08 rank 442 of 1,399; 2026-10-09 rank 469 of 1,364; 2026-10-10 rank 468 of 1,364; 2026-10-11 rank 447 of 1,359; 2026-10-12 rank 344 of 1,354; 2026-10-13 rank 371 of 1,360; 2026-10-14 rank 381 of 1,356; 2026-10-15 rank 402 of 1,375; 2026-10-16 rank 350 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, 20263501,393100.0%
Oct 15, 20264021,37599.4%
Oct 14, 20263811,35698.8%
Oct 13, 20263711,36098.8%
Oct 12, 20263441,35498.8%
Oct 11, 20264471,35998.2%
Oct 10, 20264681,36498.2%
Oct 9, 20264691,36498.2%
Oct 8, 20264421,39998.8%
Oct 7, 20264551,44999.4%
Oct 6, 20264751,35499.4%
Oct 5, 20264761,31899.4%
Oct 4, 20264971,162100.0%
Oct 3, 20265991,104100.0%
Oct 2, 20265991,103100.0%
Oct 1, 202644542100.0%
Sep 30, 202686540100.0%
Sep 29, 202686535100.0%
Sep 28, 202683517100.0%
Sep 27, 202690417100.0%
Sep 26, 202690415100.0%
Reports received at West Chicago - WB Dupage River, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at West Chicago - WB Dupage River, 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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