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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CHLM2
Latitude
38.97530 N
Longitude
76.97310 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 347 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:59 PMEDT, 54 minutes ago
Precipitation this hour
0in
Precipitation today
0.2in

Ranking Statistics

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Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 33 instruments in Maryland stand at one.

Station charts

Riggs Rd./Sligo Creek Report

Rank 403 of 742 in Maryland, Oct 17. 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 score88.0of 100

Maryland median
89.5the median score of 742 stations
Scoring higher
401stations in Maryland
Sharing its score
2ranks 402 to 403
Points deducted
12.010.9 reports received, 0.6 arrival, 0.5 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Maryland median 100.0, 100.0, 95.1
Next above
MD099rank 402; ahead on reports received 83.3% against 68.8%
Next below
MD-SM-3rank 404; behind on 247 score 88.0 against 87.5

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 3568.824.1 of 35 pointsMaryland median 84.4347 of 504 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1094.39.4 of 10 pointsMaryland median 94.0half its reports arrived within 13 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMaryland median 100.0longest silence 41 min, on a schedule of one report every 20 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianMaryland median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMaryland median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianMaryland median 95.1-

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 (60 min), none for 72 (24 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 20 minon the hour's :00 and :40
Reports received, 24 hours
48 of 7266.6% of its schedule, 49 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
347 of 50468.8% of its schedule, 375 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
41 minfrom Oct 9, 11:59 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
13 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 20 min, 72 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 20 min count as one received.

Chart of the 742 ranked stations in Maryland on Oct 17 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, 3; 10 to 19 per cent, 38; 20 to 29 per cent, 9; 30 to 39 per cent, 14; 40 to 49 per cent, 48; 50 to 59 per cent, 97; 60 to 69 per cent, 117; 70 to 79 per cent, 35; 80 to 89 per cent, 41; 90 to 99 per cent, 181; 100 per cent, 159. Riggs Rd./Sligo Creek received 68.8 per cent, 347 of 504 scheduled reports, rank 403 of 742.WHERE IT RANKS IN MARYLAND, Oct 17THIS ONE: 68.8%, 347 OF 504, RANK 403 OF 742PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9310 to 193820 to 29930 to 391440 to 494850 to 599760 to 6911770 to 793580 to 894190 to 99181100159STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Riggs Rd./Sligo Creek's rank in Maryland by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 354 of 399; 2026-09-27 rank 348 of 402; 2026-09-28 rank 358 of 418; 2026-09-29 rank 362 of 424; 2026-09-30 rank 369 of 424; 2026-10-01 rank 372 of 426; 2026-10-02 rank 429 of 540; 2026-10-03 rank 429 of 540; 2026-10-04 rank 460 of 564; 2026-10-05 rank 402 of 686; 2026-10-06 rank 407 of 702; 2026-10-07 rank 409 of 729; 2026-10-08 rank 397 of 731; 2026-10-09 rank 389 of 733; 2026-10-10 rank 387 of 733; 2026-10-11 rank 408 of 725; 2026-10-12 rank 408 of 728; 2026-10-13 rank 398 of 726; 2026-10-14 rank 392 of 727; 2026-10-15 rank 387 of 723; 2026-10-16 rank 387 of 736; 2026-10-17 rank 403 of 742.ITS RANK IN MARYLAND, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%159
90 to 99%181
80 to 89%41
70 to 79%35
60 to 69%117
50 to 59%97
40 to 49%48
30 to 39%14
20 to 29%9
10 to 19%38
0 to 9%3
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 202640374268.8%
Oct 16, 202638773668.8%
Oct 15, 202638772368.8%
Oct 14, 202639272768.4%
Oct 13, 202639872668.0%
Oct 12, 202640872867.2%
Oct 11, 202640872565.8%
Oct 10, 202638773366.0%
Oct 9, 202638973366.0%
Oct 8, 202639773165.6%
Oct 7, 202640972966.0%
Oct 6, 202640770266.4%
Oct 5, 202640268666.4%
Oct 4, 202646056466.8%
Oct 3, 202642954066.9%
Oct 2, 202642954066.8%
Oct 1, 202637242666.5%
Sep 30, 202636942467.1%
Sep 29, 202636242467.2%
Sep 28, 202635841867.4%
Sep 27, 202634840268.0%
Sep 26, 202635439967.1%
Reports received at Riggs Rd./Sligo Creek, reports from 2.0 to 5.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02463 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 17
Reports received at Riggs Rd./Sligo Creek, reports from 2.0 to 15.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17
Precipitation at Riggs Rd./Sligo Creek, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.14, the latest 0.16, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.50Sep 18Sep 23Sep 28Oct 3Oct 8Oct 13
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 160.16
Oct 150.04
Oct 140.00
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.20
Oct 111.14
Oct 100.00
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.12
Oct 30.27
Oct 20.12
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.08
Sep 260.24
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.35
Sep 220.91
Sep 210.75
Sep 200.00
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00

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