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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
JCKM5
Latitude
43.65000 N
Longitude
94.98610 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 162 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:00 AMCDT, 35 minutes 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

West Fork Des Moines River AT Jackson Report

Rank 928 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 score93.8of 100

Minnesota median
93.3the median score of 1,965 stations
Scoring higher
926stations in Minnesota
Sharing its score
14ranks 927 to 940
Points deducted
6.24.5 arrival, 1.7 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Minnesota median 100.0, 100.0, 83.2
Next above
05301000rank 927; ahead on median arrival 32 min 25 s against 32 min 30 s
Next below
ERVM5rank 929; behind on median arrival 32 min 30 s against 32 min 32 s

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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsMinnesota median 96.4168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1055.05.5 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 96.8half its reports arrived within 33 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 100.0longest silence 64 min, 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
Schedule
every houron the hour's :00
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule, 169 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 h 30 minfrom Oct 15, 10:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
33 min9 in 10 within 33 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 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. West Fork Des Moines River AT Jackson received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 928 of 1,965.WHERE IT RANKS IN MINNESOTA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 928 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 West Fork Des Moines River AT Jackson's rank in Minnesota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 417 of 732; 2026-09-27 rank 401 of 732; 2026-09-28 rank 412 of 800; 2026-09-29 rank 387 of 822; 2026-09-30 rank 366 of 834; 2026-10-01 rank 430 of 836; 2026-10-02 rank 1,070 of 1,780; 2026-10-03 rank 1,069 of 1,780; 2026-10-04 rank 1,060 of 1,863; 2026-10-05 rank 1,111 of 2,076; 2026-10-06 rank 1,192 of 2,131; 2026-10-07 rank 1,195 of 2,115; 2026-10-08 rank 1,133 of 2,022; 2026-10-09 rank 1,124 of 1,977; 2026-10-10 rank 1,132 of 1,978; 2026-10-11 rank 1,037 of 1,963; 2026-10-12 rank 834 of 1,914; 2026-10-13 rank 876 of 1,906; 2026-10-14 rank 874 of 1,912; 2026-10-15 rank 913 of 1,936; 2026-10-16 rank 928 of 1,965.ITS RANK IN MINNESOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,500Sep 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, 20269281,965100.0%
Oct 15, 20269131,936100.0%
Oct 14, 20268741,912100.0%
Oct 13, 20268761,906100.0%
Oct 12, 20268341,914100.0%
Oct 11, 20261,0371,96397.0%
Oct 10, 20261,1321,97897.0%
Oct 9, 20261,1241,97797.0%
Oct 8, 20261,1332,02296.4%
Oct 7, 20261,1952,11596.4%
Oct 6, 20261,1922,13196.4%
Oct 5, 20261,1112,07696.4%
Oct 4, 20261,0601,86399.4%
Oct 3, 20261,0691,78099.3%
Oct 2, 20261,0701,78099.3%
Oct 1, 202643083699.2%
Sep 30, 2026366834100.0%
Sep 29, 2026387822100.0%
Sep 28, 2026412800100.0%
Sep 27, 2026401732100.0%
Sep 26, 2026417732100.0%
Reports received at West Fork Des Moines River AT Jackson, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at West Fork Des Moines River AT Jackson, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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