Weather/Minnesota/Instruments/SANM5
KETTLE RIVER AT Sandstone
At a river or reservoir gauge in Pine County, MinnesotaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- SANM5
- Latitude
- 46.10000 N
- Longitude
- 92.86670 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 163 reports in 159 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 1:00 AMCDT, 2 hours ago
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Station charts
KETTLE RIVER AT Sandstone Report
Rank 1,095 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 score92.8of 100
- Minnesota median
- 93.3the median score of 1,965 stations
- Scoring higher
- 1,094stations in Minnesota
- Sharing its score
- 17ranks 1,095 to 1,111
- Points deducted
- 7.24.5 arrival, 1.7 forecast check, 1.1 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
- ODEM5rank 1,094; ahead on 247 score 92.9 against 92.8
- Next below
- MN-WW-5rank 1,096; behind on reports received 97.0% against 85.7%
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.
- Reports receivedweight 3597.034.0 of 35 pointsMinnesota median 96.4163 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1055.05.5 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 96.8half its reports arrived within 32 min
- Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianMinnesota median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMinnesota median 100.0-
- 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
- 22 of 2491.6% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 161 of 16895.8% of its schedule, 165 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 12:00 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 1:00 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.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 1,095 | 1,965 | 97.0% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1,091 | 1,936 | 97.0% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 1,055 | 1,912 | 96.4% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 1,069 | 1,906 | 95.2% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 1,022 | 1,914 | 95.8% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 1,098 | 1,963 | 94.0% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1,140 | 1,978 | 94.6% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 1,137 | 1,977 | 94.6% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 1,130 | 2,022 | 95.2% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 1,176 | 2,115 | 95.8% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 1,047 | 2,131 | 97.0% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 1,106 | 2,076 | 97.0% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1,078 | 1,863 | 98.8% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1,111 | 1,780 | 98.1% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1,112 | 1,780 | 98.1% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 474 | 836 | 98.5% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 499 | 834 | 98.3% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 510 | 822 | 97.8% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 537 | 800 | 97.1% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 631 | 732 | 95.6% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 665 | 732 | 91.3% |