Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CFMM8
Latitude
48.36190 N
Longitude
114.18390 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
7:45 AMMDT, 23 minutes 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

Flathead River AT At Columbia Falls Report

Rank 399 of 1,045 in Montana, Oct 17. 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 score92.6of 100

Montana median
91.3the median score of 1,045 stations
Scoring higher
387stations in Montana
Sharing its score
27ranks 388 to 414
Points deducted
7.42.8 arrival, 2.3 accuracy, 2.3 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Montana median 88.3, 100.0, 76.6
Next above
SRAM8rank 391; ahead on longest silence 60 min against 78 min
Next below
WSFM8rank 414; behind on reports received 100% against 97.6%
Sharing its rank
14other 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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsMontana median 98.8168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1072.37.2 of 10 pointsMontana median 80.3half its reports arrived within 24 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMontana median 100.0longest silence 78 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-17.7 of 20 points, at the medianMontana median 88.3-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMontana median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-7.7 of 10 points, at the medianMontana median 76.6-

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
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
83 minfrom Oct 17, 6:45 AM
Latest report
Oct 17, 6:45 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
24 min9 in 10 within 24 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 1,045 ranked stations in Montana on Oct 17 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, 6; 20 to 29 per cent, 4; 30 to 39 per cent, 3; 40 to 49 per cent, 27; 50 to 59 per cent, 41; 60 to 69 per cent, 21; 70 to 79 per cent, 128; 80 to 89 per cent, 70; 90 to 99 per cent, 393; 100 per cent, 352. Flathead River AT At Columbia Falls received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 399 of 1,045.WHERE IT RANKS IN MONTANA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 399 OF 1,045PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 19620 to 29430 to 39340 to 492750 to 594160 to 692170 to 7912880 to 897090 to 99393100352STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Flathead River AT At Columbia Falls's rank in Montana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 287 of 702; 2026-09-27 rank 258 of 702; 2026-09-28 rank 260 of 768; 2026-09-29 rank 261 of 790; 2026-09-30 rank 258 of 799; 2026-10-01 rank 450 of 802; 2026-10-02 rank 375 of 889; 2026-10-03 rank 369 of 889; 2026-10-04 rank 369 of 898; 2026-10-05 rank 382 of 979; 2026-10-06 rank 395 of 1,025; 2026-10-07 rank 396 of 1,027; 2026-10-08 rank 370 of 1,030; 2026-10-09 rank 439 of 1,048; 2026-10-10 rank 430 of 1,049; 2026-10-11 rank 440 of 1,054; 2026-10-12 rank 409 of 1,057; 2026-10-13 rank 414 of 1,059; 2026-10-14 rank 414 of 1,057; 2026-10-15 rank 423 of 1,056; 2026-10-16 rank 410 of 1,053; 2026-10-17 rank 399 of 1,045.ITS RANK IN MONTANA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%352
90 to 99%393
80 to 89%70
70 to 79%128
60 to 69%21
50 to 59%41
40 to 49%27
30 to 39%3
20 to 29%4
10 to 19%6
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20263991,045100.0%
Oct 16, 20264101,053100.0%
Oct 15, 20264231,05699.4%
Oct 14, 20264141,05798.8%
Oct 13, 20264141,05998.8%
Oct 12, 20264091,05798.8%
Oct 11, 20264401,05498.2%
Oct 10, 20264301,04998.2%
Oct 9, 20264391,04898.2%
Oct 8, 20263701,03098.2%
Oct 7, 20263961,02798.8%
Oct 6, 20263951,02598.8%
Oct 5, 202638297998.8%
Oct 4, 202636989899.4%
Oct 3, 202636988999.3%
Oct 2, 202637588999.3%
Oct 1, 202645080299.2%
Sep 30, 2026258799100.0%
Sep 29, 2026261790100.0%
Sep 28, 2026260768100.0%
Sep 27, 2026258702100.0%
Sep 26, 2026287702100.0%
Reports received at Flathead River AT At Columbia Falls, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012349 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM6 AM
Reports received at Flathead River AT At Columbia Falls, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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