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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
RPMM5
Latitude
43.78470 N
Longitude
92.03000 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 160 hours over the last seven days
Observed
4:00 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

Root River 3 S Pilot Mound Report

Rank 953 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 score93.4of 100

Minnesota median
93.3the median score of 1,965 stations
Scoring higher
952stations in Minnesota
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
6.64.5 arrival, 1.7 forecast check, 0.4 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
RKFM5rank 952; ahead on 247 score 93.5 against 93.4
Next below
FBTM5rank 954; behind on 247 score 93.4 against 93.3

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 pointsMinnesota median 96.4166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1055.05.5 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 96.8half its reports arrived within 32 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 100.0longest silence 2 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
Schedule
every houron the hour's :00
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule, 168 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 11, 12:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 4:00 AMlocal 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. Root River 3 S Pilot Mound received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 953 of 1,965.WHERE IT RANKS IN MINNESOTA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 953 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 Root River 3 S Pilot Mound'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 415 of 800; 2026-09-29 rank 387 of 822; 2026-09-30 rank 366 of 834; 2026-10-01 rank 475 of 836; 2026-10-02 rank 1,105 of 1,780; 2026-10-03 rank 1,104 of 1,780; 2026-10-04 rank 1,114 of 1,863; 2026-10-05 rank 1,283 of 2,076; 2026-10-06 rank 1,242 of 2,131; 2026-10-07 rank 1,228 of 2,115; 2026-10-08 rank 1,178 of 2,022; 2026-10-09 rank 1,168 of 1,977; 2026-10-10 rank 1,170 of 1,978; 2026-10-11 rank 1,041 of 1,963; 2026-10-12 rank 881 of 1,914; 2026-10-13 rank 905 of 1,906; 2026-10-14 rank 912 of 1,912; 2026-10-15 rank 1,081 of 1,936; 2026-10-16 rank 953 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, 20269531,96598.8%
Oct 15, 20261,0811,93698.2%
Oct 14, 20269121,91298.2%
Oct 13, 20269051,90698.8%
Oct 12, 20268811,91498.8%
Oct 11, 20261,0411,96396.4%
Oct 10, 20261,1701,97894.6%
Oct 9, 20261,1681,97794.6%
Oct 8, 20261,1782,02294.0%
Oct 7, 20261,2282,11594.0%
Oct 6, 20261,2422,13194.0%
Oct 5, 20261,2832,07694.0%
Oct 4, 20261,1141,86397.0%
Oct 3, 20261,1041,78098.7%
Oct 2, 20261,1051,78098.7%
Oct 1, 202647583698.5%
Sep 30, 2026366834100.0%
Sep 29, 2026387822100.0%
Sep 28, 2026415800100.0%
Sep 27, 2026401732100.0%
Sep 26, 2026417732100.0%
Reports received at Root River 3 S Pilot Mound, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Root River 3 S Pilot Mound, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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