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A remote fire weather station

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
PMRM7
Latitude
37.24050 N
Longitude
90.27361 W
Elevation
840 ft
Rank
326of 1,014 in Missouri, Oct 16
Observed
11:30 PMCDT, 45 minutes ago
Air temperature
71F

Ranking Statistics

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A remote fire weather station

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 21 instruments in Missouri stand at one.

Station charts

Piedmont Report

Rank 326 of 1,014 in Missouri, 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 score97.2of 100

Missouri median
96.2the median score of 1,014 stations
Scoring higher
319stations in Missouri
Sharing its score
13ranks 320 to 332
Points deducted
2.81.8 arrival, 0.4 reports received, 0.3 forecast check, 0.3 accuracy
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Missouri median 98.5, 100.0, 96.7
Next above
INDM7rank 323; ahead on reports received 100% against 98.8%
Next below
BALM7rank 327; behind on reports received 98.8% against 98.2%

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 pointsMissouri median 98.9166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1082.38.2 of 10 pointsMissouri median 94.3half its reports arrived within 19 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMissouri median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.7 of 20 points, at the medianMissouri median 98.5-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMissouri median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.7 of 10 points, at the medianMissouri median 96.7-

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
Rank
326of 1,014 in Missouri, Oct 16
Schedule
every houron the hour's :30
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 10, 3:30 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 4:30 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
19 min9 in 10 within 38 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 1,014 ranked stations in Missouri 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, 6; 10 to 19 per cent, 7; 20 to 29 per cent, 24; 30 to 39 per cent, 4; 40 to 49 per cent, 66; 50 to 59 per cent, 93; 60 to 69 per cent, 20; 70 to 79 per cent, 58; 80 to 89 per cent, 91; 90 to 99 per cent, 348; 100 per cent, 297. Piedmont received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 326 of 1,014.WHERE IT RANKS IN MISSOURI, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 326 OF 1,014PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9610 to 19720 to 292430 to 39440 to 496650 to 599360 to 692070 to 795880 to 899190 to 99348100297STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Piedmont's rank in Missouri by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-10-05 to 2026-10-16: 2026-10-05 rank 976 of 1,014; 2026-10-06 rank 985 of 1,030; 2026-10-07 rank 973 of 1,051; 2026-10-08 rank 889 of 1,022; 2026-10-09 rank 743 of 998; 2026-10-10 rank 737 of 998; 2026-10-11 rank 287 of 995; 2026-10-12 rank 297 of 994; 2026-10-13 rank 320 of 981; 2026-10-14 rank 308 of 976; 2026-10-15 rank 316 of 990; 2026-10-16 rank 326 of 1,014.ITS RANK IN MISSOURI, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Oct 5Oct 7Oct 9Oct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%297
90 to 99%348
80 to 89%91
70 to 79%58
60 to 69%20
50 to 59%93
40 to 49%66
30 to 39%4
20 to 29%24
10 to 19%7
0 to 9%6
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20263261,01498.8%
Oct 15, 202631699099.4%
Oct 14, 202630897698.2%
Oct 13, 202632098198.2%
Oct 12, 202629799498.2%
Oct 11, 202628799598.2%
Oct 10, 202673799885.1%
Oct 9, 202674399884.5%
Oct 8, 20268891,02256.5%
Oct 7, 20269731,05143.4%
Oct 6, 20269851,03029.1%
Oct 5, 20269761,01414.8%

Station report

Piedmont, in 3 sheets

Drawn from the register, in the manner of the Field Book, and opened beside the plates that explain each part of it.

1The column

Contents

At 840 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.02 inHg and the temperature at 56.0 F.

Section from sea level of where Piedmont stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 840 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.02 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PMRM7FIG. D WHERE PIEDMONT STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPIEDMONT3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT840 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.02 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.0 FTITLEPiedmont, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP PMRM7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PMRM7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

From the Field Book

2The sun

Contents

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 37.24 N, and the day is 11 h 04 min long. Level ground there takes 69 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Piedmont, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 76 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 04 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PMRM7FIG. E THE SUN AT PIEDMONTELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 76°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 04 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 69 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.24 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEPiedmont, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP PMRM7TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PMRM7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

From the Field Book

3The instrument

Contents

A data collection platform, 840 ft above sea level. Its sensors, as its network builds them.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Piedmont, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: no reading in the last day.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PMRM7FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITE-AIR TEMPERATURE-PRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEPiedmont, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP PMRM7TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PMRM7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

From the Field Book

The instrumentWhat an instrument is FB-INS-001

What it seesMoon and tides FB-CLK-003Hurricane FB-EVT-043Nor'easter FB-EVT-066Flash flood FB-EVT-100Coastal flood FB-EVT-105

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