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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
TACM5
Latitude
47.38890 N
Longitude
93.38060 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 162 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:59 PMCDT, 2 hours 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

Prairie River 5 N Taconite Report

Rank 946 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 score93.6of 100

Minnesota median
93.3the median score of 1,965 stations
Scoring higher
943stations in Minnesota
Sharing its score
8ranks 944 to 951
Points deducted
6.44.5 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
WLCM5rank 944; ahead on longest silence 105 min against 120 min
Next below
BIFM5rank 948; behind on median arrival 32 min 32 s against 32 min 33 s
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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsMinnesota median 96.4167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1054.95.5 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 96.8half its reports arrived within 33 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 100.0longest silence 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
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule, 170 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 13, 11:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:59 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. Prairie River 5 N Taconite received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 946 of 1,965.WHERE IT RANKS IN MINNESOTA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 946 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 Prairie River 5 N Taconite'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 432 of 836; 2026-10-02 rank 1,078 of 1,780; 2026-10-03 rank 1,077 of 1,780; 2026-10-04 rank 1,078 of 1,863; 2026-10-05 rank 1,118 of 2,076; 2026-10-06 rank 1,222 of 2,131; 2026-10-07 rank 1,216 of 2,115; 2026-10-08 rank 1,157 of 2,022; 2026-10-09 rank 1,150 of 1,977; 2026-10-10 rank 1,161 of 1,978; 2026-10-11 rank 1,047 of 1,963; 2026-10-12 rank 861 of 1,914; 2026-10-13 rank 890 of 1,906; 2026-10-14 rank 896 of 1,912; 2026-10-15 rank 939 of 1,936; 2026-10-16 rank 946 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, 20269461,96599.4%
Oct 15, 20269391,93698.8%
Oct 14, 20268961,91299.4%
Oct 13, 20268901,90699.4%
Oct 12, 20268611,91499.4%
Oct 11, 20261,0471,96396.4%
Oct 10, 20261,1611,97895.8%
Oct 9, 20261,1501,97795.8%
Oct 8, 20261,1572,02295.8%
Oct 7, 20261,2162,11595.8%
Oct 6, 20261,2222,13195.8%
Oct 5, 20261,1182,07695.8%
Oct 4, 20261,0781,86398.8%
Oct 3, 20261,0771,78099.3%
Oct 2, 20261,0781,78099.3%
Oct 1, 202643283699.2%
Sep 30, 2026366834100.0%
Sep 29, 2026387822100.0%
Sep 28, 2026415800100.0%
Sep 27, 2026401732100.0%
Sep 26, 2026417732100.0%
Reports received at Prairie River 5 N Taconite, 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 Prairie River 5 N Taconite, 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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