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Shabbona 5 NNE Report
Rank 918 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 score92.2of 100
Illinois median
95.9the median score of 1,393 stations
Scoring higher
914stations in Illinois
Sharing its score
7ranks 915 to 921
Points deducted
7.87.3 arrival, 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
WDSI2rank 916; ahead on reports due 168 against 84, the longer record first
Next below
54808rank 919; behind on median arrival 90 min 51 s against 90 min 52 s
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.
Reports receivedweight 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsIllinois median 99.184 of 84 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 1027.02.7 of 10 pointsIllinois median 96.3half its reports arrived within 1.5 h
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIllinois median 100.0longest silence 3 h, on a schedule of one report every 2 h
Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIllinois median 100.0-
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 12 min, none at 2 h
Continuity
Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (6 h), none for 72 (144 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
The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 84 of 84 scheduled reports received, 100%.
Its schedule is one report every 5 min, 288 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 5 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports received
Stations
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
Day
Rank
Stations ranked
Share received
Oct 16, 2026
918
1,393
100.0%
Oct 15, 2026
895
1,375
100.0%
Oct 14, 2026
870
1,356
100.0%
Oct 13, 2026
873
1,360
100.0%
Oct 12, 2026
845
1,354
100.0%
Oct 11, 2026
800
1,359
100.0%
Oct 10, 2026
797
1,364
100.0%
Oct 9, 2026
790
1,364
100.0%
Oct 8, 2026
795
1,399
100.0%
Oct 7, 2026
808
1,449
100.0%
Oct 6, 2026
808
1,354
100.0%
Oct 5, 2026
785
1,318
100.0%
Oct 4, 2026
794
1,162
100.0%
Oct 3, 2026
959
1,104
100.0%
Oct 2, 2026
958
1,103
100.0%
Oct 1, 2026
144
542
100.0%
Sep 30, 2026
302
540
100.0%
Sep 29, 2026
288
535
100.0%
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
Hour
Temperature F
Dew point F
Relative humidity %
Wind mph
Reports
Fri 16, 2 AM
51.3
45.9
82
13
1
Fri 16, 1 AM
51.9
47.0
83
13
12
Fri 16, 12 AM
53.3
48.6
84
12
12
Thu 15, 11 PM
55.2
50.9
-
10
12
Thu 15, 10 PM
56.6
53.1
-
9
12
Thu 15, 9 PM
59.1
56.3
-
10
12
Thu 15, 8 PM
62.9
60.6
-
9
12
Thu 15, 7 PM
64.3
62.2
-
5
12
Thu 15, 6 PM
62.9
60.5
-
1
12
Thu 15, 5 PM
62.3
59.9
-
4
12
Thu 15, 4 PM
61.3
58.6
-
3
12
Thu 15, 3 PM
60.5
57.4
-
3
12
Thu 15, 2 PM
59.7
56.5
-
4
12
Thu 15, 1 PM
58.7
55.7
-
5
12
Thu 15, 12 PM
57.8
54.5
-
5
12
Thu 15, 11 AM
58.1
54.4
-
5
12
Thu 15, 10 AM
58.2
53.6
-
5
12
Thu 15, 9 AM
57.6
53.6
-
3
12
Thu 15, 8 AM
56.7
52.7
-
4
12
Thu 15, 7 AM
56.4
51.8
-
4
12
Thu 15, 6 AM
56.6
51.4
-
5
12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
Hour
Temperature F
Dew point F
Relative humidity %
Wind mph
Reports
Fri 16, 2 AM
51.3
45.9
82
13
1
Fri 16, 1 AM
51.9
47.0
83
13
12
Fri 16, 12 AM
53.3
48.6
84
12
12
Thu 15, 11 PM
55.2
50.9
-
10
12
Thu 15, 10 PM
56.6
53.1
-
9
12
Thu 15, 9 PM
59.1
56.3
-
10
12
Thu 15, 8 PM
62.9
60.6
-
9
12
Thu 15, 7 PM
64.3
62.2
-
5
12
Thu 15, 6 PM
62.9
60.5
-
1
12
Thu 15, 5 PM
62.3
59.9
-
4
12
Thu 15, 4 PM
61.3
58.6
-
3
12
Thu 15, 3 PM
60.5
57.4
-
3
12
Thu 15, 2 PM
59.7
56.5
-
4
12
Thu 15, 1 PM
58.7
55.7
-
5
12
Thu 15, 12 PM
57.8
54.5
-
5
12
Thu 15, 11 AM
58.1
54.4
-
5
12
Thu 15, 10 AM
58.2
53.6
-
5
12
Thu 15, 9 AM
57.6
53.6
-
3
12
Thu 15, 8 AM
56.7
52.7
-
4
12
Thu 15, 7 AM
56.4
51.8
-
4
12
Thu 15, 6 AM
56.6
51.4
-
5
12
Thu 15, 5 AM
56.9
51.6
-
4
12
Thu 15, 4 AM
56.6
50.8
-
3
12
Thu 15, 3 AM
56.9
50.1
-
3
12
Thu 15, 2 AM
56.7
49.3
-
4
12
Thu 15, 1 AM
56.7
49.0
-
5
12
Thu 15, 12 AM
56.9
49.5
-
5
12
Wed 14, 11 PM
57.0
49.4
-
5
12
Wed 14, 10 PM
57.0
50.0
-
7
12
Wed 14, 9 PM
57.5
51.4
-
6
12
Wed 14, 8 PM
57.6
52.3
-
6
12
Wed 14, 7 PM
58.3
52.9
-
6
12
Wed 14, 6 PM
59.5
52.9
-
6
12
Wed 14, 5 PM
61.8
53.2
-
5
12
Wed 14, 4 PM
62.7
54.1
-
5
12
Wed 14, 3 PM
63.2
55.1
-
6
12
Wed 14, 2 PM
63.8
55.8
-
6
12
Wed 14, 1 PM
64.0
56.4
-
5
12
Wed 14, 12 PM
64.4
56.4
-
5
12
Wed 14, 11 AM
63.7
57.1
-
5
12
Wed 14, 10 AM
63.8
58.2
-
6
12
Wed 14, 9 AM
62.3
59.0
-
6
12
Wed 14, 8 AM
61.4
58.7
-
3
12
Wed 14, 7 AM
60.8
58.2
-
2
12
Wed 14, 6 AM
60.4
57.8
-
3
12
Wed 14, 5 AM
61.5
59.0
-
4
12
Wed 14, 4 AM
62.2
59.8
-
1
12
Wed 14, 3 AM
62.5
60.1
-
0
12
Wed 14, 2 AM
62.5
59.7
-
0
12
Wed 14, 1 AM
62.7
59.5
-
1
12
Wed 14, 12 AM
64.1
60.8
-
1
12
Tue 13, 11 PM
63.6
60.0
-
0
12
Tue 13, 10 PM
64.6
57.8
-
0
12
Tue 13, 9 PM
65.6
57.4
-
2
12
Tue 13, 8 PM
64.1
57.0
-
0
12
Tue 13, 7 PM
64.0
56.3
-
0
12
Tue 13, 6 PM
68.3
56.6
-
0
12
Tue 13, 5 PM
75.4
56.5
-
2
12
Tue 13, 4 PM
75.5
56.8
-
3
12
Tue 13, 3 PM
76.6
56.7
-
5
12
Tue 13, 2 PM
76.3
57.0
-
4
12
Tue 13, 1 PM
75.3
57.6
-
5
12
Tue 13, 12 PM
72.8
57.0
-
5
12
Tue 13, 11 AM
71.6
57.0
-
5
12
Tue 13, 10 AM
69.4
57.1
-
5
12
Tue 13, 9 AM
67.0
57.5
-
7
12
Tue 13, 8 AM
66.7
58.9
-
6
12
Tue 13, 7 AM
66.0
58.1
-
4
12
Tue 13, 6 AM
68.1
57.3
-
6
12
Tue 13, 5 AM
70.8
56.8
-
7
12
Tue 13, 4 AM
73.1
56.7
-
7
12
Tue 13, 3 AM
75.0
56.5
-
8
12
Tue 13, 2 AM
76.3
56.4
-
6
12
Tue 13, 1 AM
75.6
56.6
-
3
12
Tue 13, 12 AM
75.5
58.0
-
2
12
Mon 12, 11 PM
75.3
58.9
-
1
12
Mon 12, 10 PM
72.9
59.3
-
0
12
Mon 12, 9 PM
72.7
58.7
-
0
12
Mon 12, 8 PM
74.9
58.9
-
0
12
Mon 12, 7 PM
75.1
59.0
-
1
12
Mon 12, 6 PM
77.7
58.6
-
0
12
Mon 12, 5 PM
81.2
58.8
-
2
12
Mon 12, 4 PM
84.3
58.9
-
3
12
Mon 12, 3 PM
86.4
59.6
-
4
12
Mon 12, 2 PM
85.3
60.0
-
4
12
Mon 12, 1 PM
85.5
61.0
-
4
12
Mon 12, 12 PM
82.8
60.8
-
4
12
Mon 12, 11 AM
78.9
59.9
-
2
12
Mon 12, 10 AM
75.9
58.4
-
2
12
Mon 12, 9 AM
73.6
57.9
-
2
12
Mon 12, 8 AM
66.4
57.4
-
0
12
Mon 12, 7 AM
60.7
55.0
-
0
12
Mon 12, 6 AM
60.5
54.0
-
1
12
Mon 12, 5 AM
61.9
54.5
-
0
12
Mon 12, 4 AM
63.1
54.2
-
0
12
Mon 12, 3 AM
63.9
54.6
-
0
12
Mon 12, 2 AM
63.4
54.4
-
0
12
Mon 12, 1 AM
61.6
54.4
-
0
12
Mon 12, 12 AM
59.4
52.7
-
0
12
Sun 11, 11 PM
62.6
54.0
-
0
12
Sun 11, 10 PM
60.5
54.3
-
0
12
Sun 11, 9 PM
58.9
53.5
-
0
12
Sun 11, 8 PM
56.2
50.5
-
0
12
Sun 11, 7 PM
59.4
50.8
-
0
12
Sun 11, 6 PM
65.2
52.6
-
0
12
Sun 11, 5 PM
74.5
52.3
-
1
12
Sun 11, 4 PM
77.4
51.8
-
3
12
Sun 11, 3 PM
78.6
52.1
-
3
12
Sun 11, 2 PM
77.8
51.8
-
3
12
Sun 11, 1 PM
76.4
52.0
-
4
12
Sun 11, 12 PM
73.4
53.8
-
4
12
Sun 11, 11 AM
70.1
54.7
-
3
12
Sun 11, 10 AM
66.5
53.5
-
4
12
Sun 11, 9 AM
61.9
52.9
-
4
12
Sun 11, 8 AM
55.9
52.4
-
1
12
Sun 11, 7 AM
46.2
43.8
-
0
12
Sun 11, 6 AM
46.1
43.5
-
0
12
Sun 11, 5 AM
46.8
43.8
-
0
12
Sun 11, 4 AM
49.0
44.9
-
0
12
Sun 11, 3 AM
52.1
47.0
-
0
12
Sun 11, 2 AM
53.8
47.7
-
1
12
Sun 11, 1 AM
55.4
48.2
-
2
12
Sun 11, 12 AM
55.5
47.7
-
1
12
Sat 10, 11 PM
56.8
46.3
-
1
12
Sat 10, 10 PM
60.0
46.4
-
2
12
Sat 10, 9 PM
61.6
45.3
-
2
12
Sat 10, 8 PM
64.1
44.3
-
3
12
Sat 10, 7 PM
67.7
43.1
-
4
12
Sat 10, 6 PM
71.0
42.7
-
4
12
Sat 10, 5 PM
75.5
43.1
-
4
12
Sat 10, 4 PM
78.8
44.2
-
6
12
Sat 10, 3 PM
79.8
46.6
-
7
12
Sat 10, 2 PM
81.3
46.3
-
7
12
Sat 10, 1 PM
81.6
46.0
-
6
12
Sat 10, 12 PM
79.9
47.1
-
6
12
Sat 10, 11 AM
74.6
48.9
-
5
12
Sat 10, 10 AM
68.3
48.8
-
5
12
Sat 10, 9 AM
62.7
47.6
-
5
12
Sat 10, 8 AM
59.5
47.4
-
4
12
Sat 10, 7 AM
55.7
46.4
-
2
12
Sat 10, 6 AM
55.7
45.8
-
1
12
Sat 10, 5 AM
55.6
46.5
-
1
12
Sat 10, 4 AM
56.1
45.6
-
0
12
Sat 10, 3 AM
57.8
45.9
-
1
12
Sat 10, 2 AM
59.9
46.3
-
4
12
Sat 10, 1 AM
60.4
47.3
-
3
12
Sat 10, 12 AM
59.6
49.5
-
2
12
Fri 9, 11 PM
60.6
50.9
-
2
12
Fri 9, 10 PM
60.6
52.3
-
2
12
Fri 9, 9 PM
60.9
52.0
-
2
12
Fri 9, 8 PM
61.6
51.5
-
2
12
Fri 9, 7 PM
63.4
51.2
-
3
12
Fri 9, 6 PM
65.2
52.4
-
2
12
Fri 9, 5 PM
68.7
52.9
-
4
12
Fri 9, 4 PM
69.8
53.3
-
5
12
Fri 9, 3 PM
68.1
54.3
-
3
12
Fri 9, 2 PM
67.5
55.1
-
2
12
Fri 9, 1 PM
64.4
56.4
-
2
12
Fri 9, 12 PM
62.8
50.7
-
1
12
Fri 9, 11 AM
64.2
49.3
-
3
12
Fri 9, 10 AM
58.3
45.8
-
3
12
Fri 9, 9 AM
55.0
45.5
-
3
12
Fri 9, 8 AM
53.1
46.3
-
0
12
Fri 9, 7 AM
51.8
46.1
-
0
12
Fri 9, 6 AM
50.5
44.9
-
0
12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
Day
High F
Low F
Highest dew point F
Lowest dew point F
Highest humidity %
Lowest humidity %
Precipitation in
Oct 16
54.5
51.3
49.8
45.9
84
82
0.00
Oct 15
64.8
54.5
62.7
48.8
93
75
0.36
Oct 14
65.1
56.8
61.2
49.2
92
73
0.31
Oct 13
77.2
62.6
60.7
55.4
90
49
0.05
Oct 12
87.3
57.9
62.5
51.8
82
39
0.00
Oct 11
79.2
44.8
56.0
42.3
92
39
0.00
Oct 10
82.4
54.3
50.3
41.7
74
27
0.00
Oct 9
70.3
44.2
58.2
41.2
90
55
0.04
Oct 8
72.7
44.1
47.6
29.9
89
21
0.00
Oct 7
79.0
51.4
55.0
37.6
72
25
0.00
Oct 6
73.2
45.1
47.9
41.3
88
32
0.00
Oct 5
70.0
39.7
49.1
36.8
90
33
0.00
Oct 4
72.3
46.6
51.2
36.8
89
28
0.00
Oct 3
70.3
40.3
53.0
38.7
94
34
0.00
Oct 2
66.2
42.1
57.6
35.9
91
36
0.00
Oct 1
69.1
59.7
66.3
57.1
93
90
1.31
Sep 30
65.7
59.0
62.4
47.2
93
52
1.22
Sep 29
78.6
44.1
58.2
42.2
94
28
0.00
Sep 28
75.7
40.1
58.6
36.5
94
25
0.00
Sep 27
74.5
42.6
58.6
40.9
94
34
0.00
Sep 26
71.4
45.0
54.1
42.0
93
37
0.00
Sep 25
67.5
49.5
57.8
45.9
91
47
0.02
Sep 24
72.1
50.0
55.3
47.5
92
47
0.00
Sep 23
68.9
54.0
54.0
47.9
84
52
0.00
Sep 22
59.7
54.1
53.6
46.2
86
65
0.09
Sep 21
66.2
55.9
58.1
48.9
91
65
0.00
Sep 20
68.9
60.1
66.8
56.8
94
86
2.32
Sep 19
67.8
62.4
65.7
56.2
93
71
1.55
Sep 18
69.8
60.3
61.8
55.1
92
61
0.03
Sep 17
83.7
64.4
72.9
61.6
94
65
1.83
Station report
Shabbona 5 NNE, in 5 sheets
Drawn from its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:00 AM local time, in the manner of the Field Book, and opened beside the plates that explain each part of it.
51.3 F with a dew point of 45.9 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.
At 861 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.00 inHg and the temperature at 55.9 F; it reports 51.3 F, 4.7 F colder than standard.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 39 degrees above the horizon at 41.84 N, and the day is 10 h 54 min long. Level ground there takes 63 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.