Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
HGCI3
Latitude
41.61860 N
Longitude
87.49980 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:10 AMEDT, 30 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 93 instruments in Indiana stand at one.

Station charts

Hammond (Columbia Ave) Report

Rank 320 of 1,111 in Indiana, 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 score98.3of 100

Indiana median
95.8the median score of 1,111 stations
Scoring higher
309stations in Indiana
Sharing its score
13ranks 310 to 322
Points deducted
1.71.3 arrival, 0.4 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Indiana median 100.0, 100.0, 96.1
Next above
LWBI3rank 317; ahead on longest silence 63 min against 71 min
Next below
RCRrank 321; behind on reports received 100% against 99.0%

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 pointsIndiana median 99.4168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1086.88.7 of 10 pointsIndiana median 95.3half its reports arrived within 17 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIndiana median 100.0longest silence 71 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianIndiana median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIndiana median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.6 of 10 points, at the medianIndiana median 96.1-

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 :10
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
71 minfrom Oct 12, 11:59 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:10 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
17 min9 in 10 within 17 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 1,111 ranked stations in Indiana 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, 3; 20 to 29 per cent, 14; 30 to 39 per cent, 2; 40 to 49 per cent, 52; 50 to 59 per cent, 106; 60 to 69 per cent, 21; 70 to 79 per cent, 75; 80 to 89 per cent, 137; 90 to 99 per cent, 221; 100 per cent, 478. Hammond (Columbia Ave) received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 320 of 1,111.WHERE IT RANKS IN INDIANA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 320 OF 1,111PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9210 to 19320 to 291430 to 39240 to 495250 to 5910660 to 692170 to 797580 to 8913790 to 99221100478STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Hammond (Columbia Ave)'s rank in Indiana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 28 of 362; 2026-09-27 rank 225 of 363; 2026-09-28 rank 268 of 422; 2026-09-29 rank 267 of 431; 2026-09-30 rank 252 of 435; 2026-10-01 rank 218 of 438; 2026-10-02 rank 381 of 890; 2026-10-03 rank 380 of 890; 2026-10-04 rank 359 of 912; 2026-10-05 rank 278 of 1,012; 2026-10-06 rank 292 of 1,033; 2026-10-07 rank 306 of 1,119; 2026-10-08 rank 287 of 1,110; 2026-10-09 rank 260 of 1,073; 2026-10-10 rank 260 of 1,076; 2026-10-11 rank 256 of 1,077; 2026-10-12 rank 276 of 1,084; 2026-10-13 rank 294 of 1,089; 2026-10-14 rank 296 of 1,088; 2026-10-15 rank 307 of 1,103; 2026-10-16 rank 320 of 1,111.ITS RANK IN INDIANA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300400Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%478
90 to 99%221
80 to 89%137
70 to 79%75
60 to 69%21
50 to 59%106
40 to 49%52
30 to 39%2
20 to 29%14
10 to 19%3
0 to 9%2
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20263201,111100.0%
Oct 15, 20263071,103100.0%
Oct 14, 20262961,088100.0%
Oct 13, 20262941,089100.0%
Oct 12, 20262761,084100.0%
Oct 11, 20262561,077100.0%
Oct 10, 20262601,076100.0%
Oct 9, 20262601,073100.0%
Oct 8, 20262871,110100.0%
Oct 7, 20263061,119100.0%
Oct 6, 20262921,033100.0%
Oct 5, 20262781,012100.0%
Oct 4, 202635991299.4%
Oct 3, 202638089099.3%
Oct 2, 202638189099.3%
Oct 1, 202621843899.2%
Sep 30, 202625243599.1%
Sep 29, 202626743198.9%
Sep 28, 202626842298.5%
Sep 27, 202622536397.8%
Sep 26, 202628362100.0%
Reports received at Hammond (Columbia Ave), reports from 1.0 to 8.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports024683 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Hammond (Columbia Ave), reports from 1.0 to 8.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02468Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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