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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
DOBM5
Latitude
43.66670 N
Longitude
92.95000 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
4:30 AMCDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 64 instruments in Minnesota stand at one.

Station charts

Dobbins Creek 2 ENE Austin 2NE Report

Rank 766 of 1,965 in Minnesota, 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 score95.6of 100

Minnesota median
93.3the median score of 1,965 stations
Scoring higher
763stations in Minnesota
Sharing its score
36ranks 764 to 799
Points deducted
4.42.5 arrival, 1.7 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Minnesota median 100.0, 100.0, 83.2
Next above
ETHrank 765; ahead on reports due 504 against 168, the longer record first
Next below
ASNM5rank 784; behind on longest silence 90 min against 120 min
Sharing its rank
17other 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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsMinnesota median 96.4167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1074.87.5 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 96.8half its reports arrived within 23 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 100.0longest silence 1.5 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianMinnesota median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMinnesota median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-8.3 of 10 points, at the medianMinnesota median 83.2-

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

The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 167 of 168 scheduled reports received, 99.4%.

Chart of the 1,965 ranked stations in Minnesota 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, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 6; 20 to 29 per cent, 17; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 122; 50 to 59 per cent, 192; 60 to 69 per cent, 31; 70 to 79 per cent, 329; 80 to 89 per cent, 254; 90 to 99 per cent, 319; 100 per cent, 688. Dobbins Creek 2 ENE Austin 2NE received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 766 of 1,965.WHERE IT RANKS IN MINNESOTA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 766 OF 1,965PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 19620 to 291730 to 39640 to 4912250 to 5919260 to 693170 to 7932980 to 8925490 to 99319100688STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Dobbins Creek 2 ENE Austin 2NE's rank in Minnesota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 240 of 732; 2026-09-27 rank 203 of 732; 2026-09-28 rank 207 of 800; 2026-09-29 rank 196 of 822; 2026-09-30 rank 181 of 834; 2026-10-01 rank 94 of 836; 2026-10-02 rank 842 of 1,780; 2026-10-03 rank 835 of 1,780; 2026-10-04 rank 830 of 1,863; 2026-10-05 rank 800 of 2,076; 2026-10-06 rank 769 of 2,131; 2026-10-07 rank 769 of 2,115; 2026-10-08 rank 694 of 2,022; 2026-10-09 rank 675 of 1,977; 2026-10-10 rank 675 of 1,978; 2026-10-11 rank 646 of 1,963; 2026-10-12 rank 646 of 1,914; 2026-10-13 rank 702 of 1,906; 2026-10-14 rank 716 of 1,912; 2026-10-15 rank 752 of 1,936; 2026-10-16 rank 766 of 1,965.ITS RANK IN MINNESOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%688
90 to 99%319
80 to 89%254
70 to 79%329
60 to 69%31
50 to 59%192
40 to 49%122
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%17
10 to 19%6
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20267661,96599.4%
Oct 15, 20267521,93699.4%
Oct 14, 20267161,91298.8%
Oct 13, 20267021,90698.2%
Oct 12, 20266461,91498.8%
Oct 11, 20266461,96398.8%
Oct 10, 20266751,97898.8%
Oct 9, 20266751,97798.8%
Oct 8, 20266942,02298.2%
Oct 7, 20267692,11598.8%
Oct 6, 20267692,13199.4%
Oct 5, 20268002,07699.4%
Oct 4, 20268301,86399.4%
Oct 3, 20268351,78099.3%
Oct 2, 20268421,78099.3%
Oct 1, 202694836100.0%
Sep 30, 2026181834100.0%
Sep 29, 2026196822100.0%
Sep 28, 2026207800100.0%
Sep 27, 2026203732100.0%
Sep 26, 2026240732100.0%

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