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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
PORM2
Latitude
39.27360 N
Longitude
77.54310 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:55 AMEDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

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

Station charts

Potomac River AT Point of Rocks Report

Rank 177 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 score97.1of 100

Maryland median
89.0the median score of 736 stations
Scoring higher
172stations in Maryland
Sharing its score
7ranks 173 to 179
Points deducted
2.91.5 arrival, 0.8 forecast check, 0.4 reports received, 0.2 accuracy
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Maryland median 99.0, 100.0, 92.1
Next above
NRGM2rank 176; ahead on longest silence 105 min against 120 min
Next below
BRTM2rank 179; behind on reports received 98.8% against 98.2%
Sharing its rank
1other stations, equal on every measure

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 pointsMaryland median 82.1166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1084.88.5 of 10 pointsMaryland median 94.0half its reports arrived within 18 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMaryland median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.8 of 20 points, at the medianMaryland median 99.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMaryland median 100.0-
  6. 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 :55
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule, 26 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule, 186 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 14, 10:55 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:55 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 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.

Chart of the 736 ranked stations in Maryland 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, 4; 10 to 19 per cent, 20; 20 to 29 per cent, 27; 30 to 39 per cent, 11; 40 to 49 per cent, 62; 50 to 59 per cent, 96; 60 to 69 per cent, 107; 70 to 79 per cent, 36; 80 to 89 per cent, 35; 90 to 99 per cent, 183; 100 per cent, 155. Potomac River AT Point of Rocks received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 177 of 736.WHERE IT RANKS IN MARYLAND, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 177 OF 736PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9410 to 192020 to 292730 to 391140 to 496250 to 599660 to 6910770 to 793680 to 893590 to 99183100155STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Potomac River AT Point of Rocks's rank in Maryland by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 37 of 399; 2026-09-27 rank 26 of 402; 2026-09-28 rank 51 of 418; 2026-09-29 rank 50 of 424; 2026-09-30 rank 26 of 424; 2026-10-01 rank 109 of 426; 2026-10-02 rank 106 of 540; 2026-10-03 rank 106 of 540; 2026-10-04 rank 141 of 564; 2026-10-05 rank 138 of 686; 2026-10-06 rank 138 of 702; 2026-10-07 rank 136 of 729; 2026-10-08 rank 130 of 731; 2026-10-09 rank 129 of 733; 2026-10-10 rank 128 of 733; 2026-10-11 rank 110 of 725; 2026-10-12 rank 106 of 728; 2026-10-13 rank 113 of 726; 2026-10-14 rank 147 of 727; 2026-10-15 rank 149 of 723; 2026-10-16 rank 177 of 736.ITS RANK IN MARYLAND, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP150100150200Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
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
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202617773698.8%
Oct 15, 202614972399.4%
Oct 14, 202614772798.8%
Oct 13, 202611372699.4%
Oct 12, 202610672899.4%
Oct 11, 202611072599.4%
Oct 10, 202612873398.8%
Oct 9, 202612973398.8%
Oct 8, 202613073198.2%
Oct 7, 202613672998.8%
Oct 6, 202613870298.8%
Oct 5, 202613868698.8%
Oct 4, 202614156498.8%
Oct 3, 202610654099.3%
Oct 2, 202610654099.3%
Oct 1, 202610942699.2%
Sep 30, 202626424100.0%
Sep 29, 202650424100.0%
Sep 28, 202651418100.0%
Sep 27, 202626402100.0%
Sep 26, 202637399100.0%
Reports received at Potomac River AT Point of Rocks, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510156 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Potomac River AT Point of Rocks, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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