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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
SIMK1
Latitude
39.36670 N
Longitude
97.93330 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 90 reports in 91 hours over the last seven days
Observed
10:15 PMCDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 24 instruments in Kansas stand at one.

Station charts

Solomon 1.5 S Simpson Report

Rank 1,062 of 1,079 in Kansas, 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 score71.5of 100

Kansas median
94.4the median score of 1,079 stations
Scoring higher
1,061stations in Kansas
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
28.516.2 reports received, 7.9 continuity, 2.2 arrival, 2.1 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Kansas median 100.0, 100.0, 78.8
Next above
KS-DK-44rank 1,061; ahead on 247 score 71.9 against 71.5
Next below
KS-MN-22rank 1,063; behind on 247 score 71.5 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 3553.618.8 of 35 pointsKansas median 99.490 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1077.87.8 of 10 pointsKansas median 99.9half its reports arrived within 21 min
  3. Continuityweight 1020.92.1 of 10 pointsKansas median 100.0longest silence 37 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianKansas median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianKansas median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-7.9 of 10 points, at the medianKansas median 78.8-

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 :15
Reports received, 24 hours
8 of 2433.3% of its schedule, 10 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
90 of 16853.5% of its schedule, 91 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
37 hoursfrom Oct 13, 5:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 9:15 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
21 min9 in 10 within 22 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 1,079 ranked stations in Kansas 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, 0; 10 to 19 per cent, 4; 20 to 29 per cent, 8; 30 to 39 per cent, 0; 40 to 49 per cent, 106; 50 to 59 per cent, 109; 60 to 69 per cent, 10; 70 to 79 per cent, 80; 80 to 89 per cent, 123; 90 to 99 per cent, 218; 100 per cent, 421. Solomon 1.5 S Simpson received 53.5 per cent, 90 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 1,062 of 1,079.WHERE IT RANKS IN KANSAS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 53.5%, 90 OF 168, RANK 1,062 OF 1,079PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 19420 to 29830 to 3940 to 4910650 to 5910960 to 691070 to 798080 to 8912390 to 99218100421STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Solomon 1.5 S Simpson's rank in Kansas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 140 of 341; 2026-09-27 rank 283 of 342; 2026-09-28 rank 415 of 506; 2026-09-29 rank 403 of 525; 2026-09-30 rank 366 of 571; 2026-10-01 rank 303 of 591; 2026-10-02 rank 927 of 1,380; 2026-10-03 rank 927 of 1,380; 2026-10-04 rank 469 of 1,389; 2026-10-05 rank 403 of 1,470; 2026-10-06 rank 386 of 1,479; 2026-10-07 rank 376 of 1,462; 2026-10-08 rank 341 of 1,077; 2026-10-09 rank 380 of 1,005; 2026-10-10 rank 381 of 1,005; 2026-10-11 rank 391 of 1,001; 2026-10-12 rank 429 of 993; 2026-10-13 rank 741 of 989; 2026-10-14 rank 807 of 990; 2026-10-15 rank 978 of 1,027; 2026-10-16 rank 1,062 of 1,079.ITS RANK IN KANSAS, 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%421
90 to 99%218
80 to 89%123
70 to 79%80
60 to 69%10
50 to 59%109
40 to 49%106
30 to 39%0
20 to 29%8
10 to 19%4
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20261,0621,07953.5%
Oct 15, 20269781,02762.5%
Oct 14, 202680799076.7%
Oct 13, 202674198985.7%
Oct 12, 202642999396.4%
Oct 11, 20263911,00197.6%
Oct 10, 20263811,00598.2%
Oct 9, 20263801,00598.2%
Oct 8, 20263411,07798.8%
Oct 7, 20263761,46298.8%
Oct 6, 20263861,47998.8%
Oct 5, 20264031,47098.8%
Oct 4, 20264691,38997.6%
Oct 3, 20269271,38097.5%
Oct 2, 20269271,38097.5%
Oct 1, 202630359199.2%
Sep 30, 202636657199.1%
Sep 29, 202640352598.9%
Sep 28, 202641550698.5%
Sep 27, 202628334297.8%
Sep 26, 2026140341100.0%
Reports received at Solomon 1.5 S Simpson, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Solomon 1.5 S Simpson, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15

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