Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
ALRM8
Latitude
45.23920 N
Longitude
112.10970 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 160 reports in 159 hours over the last seven days
Observed
10:45 PMMDT, 2 hours ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 82 instruments in Montana stand at one.

Station charts

Alder 6S - Ruby River Res Report

Rank 791 of 1,053 in Montana, 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 score83.5of 100

Montana median
91.1the median score of 1,053 stations
Scoring higher
790stations in Montana
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
16.510.0 arrival, 2.7 accuracy, 2.1 forecast check, 1.7 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Montana median 86.7, 100.0, 78.7
Next above
LCPM8rank 790; ahead on 247 score 83.6 against 83.5
Next below
3U3rank 792; behind on 247 score 83.5 against 83.3

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 3595.233.3 of 35 pointsMontana median 98.8160 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 100.00.0 of 10 pointsMontana median 80.4half its reports arrived within 74 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMontana median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-17.3 of 20 points, at the medianMontana median 86.7-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMontana median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-7.9 of 10 points, at the medianMontana median 78.7-

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
Schedule
every houron the hour's :45
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
160 of 16895.2% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 9:45 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 8:45 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
74 min9 in 10 within 81 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 1,053 ranked stations in Montana 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, 0; 10 to 19 per cent, 0; 20 to 29 per cent, 11; 30 to 39 per cent, 0; 40 to 49 per cent, 29; 50 to 59 per cent, 43; 60 to 69 per cent, 25; 70 to 79 per cent, 133; 80 to 89 per cent, 69; 90 to 99 per cent, 405; 100 per cent, 338. Alder 6S - Ruby River Res received 95.2 per cent, 160 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 791 of 1,053.WHERE IT RANKS IN MONTANA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 95.2%, 160 OF 168, RANK 791 OF 1,053PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 1920 to 291130 to 3940 to 492950 to 594360 to 692570 to 7913380 to 896990 to 99405100338STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Alder 6S - Ruby River Res's rank in Montana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 570 of 702; 2026-09-27 rank 543 of 702; 2026-09-28 rank 594 of 768; 2026-09-29 rank 598 of 790; 2026-09-30 rank 587 of 799; 2026-10-01 rank 600 of 802; 2026-10-02 rank 697 of 889; 2026-10-03 rank 695 of 889; 2026-10-04 rank 646 of 898; 2026-10-05 rank 668 of 979; 2026-10-06 rank 666 of 1,025; 2026-10-07 rank 671 of 1,027; 2026-10-08 rank 747 of 1,030; 2026-10-09 rank 753 of 1,048; 2026-10-10 rank 750 of 1,049; 2026-10-11 rank 802 of 1,054; 2026-10-12 rank 799 of 1,057; 2026-10-13 rank 790 of 1,059; 2026-10-14 rank 789 of 1,057; 2026-10-15 rank 788 of 1,056; 2026-10-16 rank 791 of 1,053.ITS RANK IN MONTANA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%338
90 to 99%405
80 to 89%69
70 to 79%133
60 to 69%25
50 to 59%43
40 to 49%29
30 to 39%0
20 to 29%11
10 to 19%0
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20267911,05395.2%
Oct 15, 20267881,05694.0%
Oct 14, 20267891,05794.0%
Oct 13, 20267901,05992.8%
Oct 12, 20267991,05792.2%
Oct 11, 20268021,05492.2%
Oct 10, 20267501,04992.2%
Oct 9, 20267531,04892.2%
Oct 8, 20267471,03094.0%
Oct 7, 20266711,02794.6%
Oct 6, 20266661,02595.2%
Oct 5, 202666897995.8%
Oct 4, 202664689896.4%
Oct 3, 202669588995.7%
Oct 2, 202669788995.7%
Oct 1, 202660080294.3%
Sep 30, 202658779994.9%
Sep 29, 202659879093.6%
Sep 28, 202659476894.2%
Sep 27, 202654370293.4%
Sep 26, 202657070286.9%
Reports received at Alder 6S - Ruby River Res, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Alder 6S - Ruby River Res, 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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