Weather/Maryland/Instruments/BTLM2
Beltsville
At a river or reservoir gauge in Prince Georges County, MarylandAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- BTLM2
- Latitude
- 38.97920 N
- Longitude
- 76.91720 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 24 reports in 24 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 3:10 PMEDT, 35 hours ago
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Station charts
Beltsville Report
Rank 727 of 736 in Maryland, 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 score58.9of 100
- Maryland median
- 89.0the median score of 736 stations
- Scoring higher
- 726stations in Maryland
- Sharing its score
- 1no other station
- Points deducted
- 41.130.0 reports received, 8.7 continuity, 1.5 arrival, 0.8 forecast check, 0.2 accuracy
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Maryland median 99.0, 100.0, 92.1
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 3514.35.0 of 35 pointsMaryland median 82.124 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1085.18.5 of 10 pointsMaryland median 94.0half its reports arrived within 17 min
- Continuityweight 1013.41.3 of 10 pointsMaryland median 100.0longest silence 47 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
- Accuracyweight 20-19.8 of 20 points, at the medianMaryland median 99.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMaryland median 100.0-
- Forecast checkweight 10-9.2 of 10 points, at the medianMaryland median 92.1-
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, :15 and :25
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 0 of 240.0% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 24 of 16814.2% of its schedule
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 47 hoursfrom Oct 10, 12:25 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 14, 3:10 PMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 17 min9 in 10 within 18 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.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 155 |
| 90 to 99% | 183 |
| 80 to 89% | 35 |
| 70 to 79% | 36 |
| 60 to 69% | 107 |
| 50 to 59% | 96 |
| 40 to 49% | 62 |
| 30 to 39% | 11 |
| 20 to 29% | 27 |
| 10 to 19% | 20 |
| 0 to 9% | 4 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 727 | 736 | 14.2% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 710 | 723 | 18.4% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 713 | 727 | 20.2% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 696 | 726 | 22.0% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 683 | 728 | 22.6% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 680 | 725 | 22.6% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 696 | 733 | 21.4% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 695 | 733 | 21.4% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 722 | 731 | 19.6% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 724 | 729 | 17.8% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 698 | 702 | 13.6% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 681 | 686 | 10.1% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 558 | 564 | 10.1% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 534 | 540 | 10.2% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 534 | 540 | 10.2% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 426 | 426 | 8.4% |