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Identifier
LEX
Latitude
38.04080 N
Longitude
84.60580 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 160 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:59 PMEDT, 32 minutes ago
Precipitation this hour
0in
Precipitation today
0.1in

Ranking Statistics

At an airfield

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 45 instruments in Kentucky stand at one.

Station charts

Lexington Airport Report

Rank 230 of 692 in Kentucky, 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 score97.3of 100

Kentucky median
96.4the median score of 692 stations
Scoring higher
225stations in Kentucky
Sharing its score
6ranks 226 to 231
Points deducted
2.71.3 arrival, 1.0 forecast check, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Kentucky median 100.0, 100.0, 89.8
Next above
GLWrank 229; ahead on reports received 99.4% against 98.8%
Next below
HAZK2rank 231; behind on reports received 98.8% against 97.9%

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 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsKentucky median 99.4166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1087.18.7 of 10 pointsKentucky median 91.6half its reports arrived within 16 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsKentucky median 100.0longest silence 3 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianKentucky median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianKentucky median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.0 of 10 points, at the medianKentucky median 89.8-

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 :00
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
3 hoursfrom Oct 13, 6:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:59 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
16 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 692 ranked stations in Kentucky 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, 6; 10 to 19 per cent, 7; 20 to 29 per cent, 12; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 35; 50 to 59 per cent, 62; 60 to 69 per cent, 14; 70 to 79 per cent, 37; 80 to 89 per cent, 52; 90 to 99 per cent, 219; 100 per cent, 247. Lexington Airport received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 230 of 692.WHERE IT RANKS IN KENTUCKY, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 230 OF 692PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9610 to 19720 to 291230 to 39140 to 493550 to 596260 to 691470 to 793780 to 895290 to 99219100247STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Lexington Airport's rank in Kentucky by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 262 of 287; 2026-09-27 rank 242 of 288; 2026-09-28 rank 265 of 343; 2026-09-29 rank 294 of 351; 2026-09-30 rank 288 of 355; 2026-10-01 rank 275 of 355; 2026-10-02 rank 226 of 512; 2026-10-03 rank 226 of 512; 2026-10-04 rank 226 of 528; 2026-10-05 rank 210 of 602; 2026-10-06 rank 218 of 608; 2026-10-07 rank 220 of 687; 2026-10-08 rank 205 of 690; 2026-10-09 rank 191 of 674; 2026-10-10 rank 190 of 674; 2026-10-11 rank 185 of 663; 2026-10-12 rank 183 of 669; 2026-10-13 rank 209 of 673; 2026-10-14 rank 188 of 672; 2026-10-15 rank 225 of 676; 2026-10-16 rank 230 of 692.ITS RANK IN KENTUCKY, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%247
90 to 99%219
80 to 89%52
70 to 79%37
60 to 69%14
50 to 59%62
40 to 49%35
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%12
10 to 19%7
0 to 9%6
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202623069298.8%
Oct 15, 202622567698.8%
Oct 14, 202618867298.2%
Oct 13, 202620967398.2%
Oct 12, 202618366998.2%
Oct 11, 202618566397.6%
Oct 10, 202619067497.6%
Oct 9, 202619167497.6%
Oct 8, 202620569097.0%
Oct 7, 202622068797.6%
Oct 6, 202621860897.6%
Oct 5, 202621060297.6%
Oct 4, 202622652898.2%
Oct 3, 202622651297.5%
Oct 2, 202622651297.5%
Oct 1, 202627535597.1%
Sep 30, 202628835597.4%
Sep 29, 202629435196.8%
Sep 28, 202626534398.5%
Sep 27, 202624228897.8%
Sep 26, 202626228795.6%
Reports received at Lexington Airport, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.7513 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Lexington Airport, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.751Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
High and Low at Lexington Airport, high from 63.0 to 94.0, the latest 87.0; low from 44.0 to 74.0, the latest 67.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.HIGH AND LOWF406080100Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12HIGHLOW
Average wind and Strongest gust at Lexington Airport, average wind from 2 to 12, the latest 7; strongest gust from 12 to 36, the latest 26, in miles an hour.AVERAGE WIND AND STRONGEST GUSTmph010203040Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12AVERAGE WINDSTRONGEST GUST
Precipitation at Lexington Airport, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.13, the latest 0.13, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.50Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
Snow depth at Lexington Airport, snow depth from 0.00 to 0.00, the latest 0.00, in inches.SNOW DEPTHin-1.00-0.500.000.501.00Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayHigh FLow FAverage wind mphStrongest gust mphPrecipitation inSnowfall inSnow depth in
Oct 15----0.13--
Oct 1487.067.07261.130.000.00
Oct 1389.063.010240.000.000.00
Oct 1283.055.07200.000.000.00
Oct 1163.058.06190.190.000.00
Oct 1066.058.012360.170.000.00
Oct 981.047.05160.000.000.00
Oct 881.050.04230.000.000.00
Oct 781.044.08240.000.000.00
Oct 674.047.06190.000.000.00
Oct 573.048.08250.000.000.00
Oct 477.050.02150.000.000.00
Oct 375.056.010210.000.000.00
Oct 273.059.09240.120.000.00
Oct 189.063.010280.000.000.00
Sep 3086.054.08240.000.000.00
Sep 2981.048.03120.000.000.00
Sep 2879.044.03180.000.000.00
Sep 2776.045.05220.000.000.00
Sep 2676.048.06200.000.000.00
Sep 2575.051.07210.000.000.00
Sep 2470.062.011210.000.000.00
Sep 2369.061.07170.030.000.00
Sep 2267.057.09180.000.000.00
Sep 2188.064.08230.000.000.00
Sep 2092.074.08200.000.000.00
Sep 1992.069.04150.000.000.00
Sep 1888.069.06290.030.000.00
Sep 1794.073.06200.000.000.00

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