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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
DARM8
Latitude
45.97220 N
Longitude
114.14060 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 163 reports in 163 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:15 PMMDT, 1 hour 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

Bitterroot River 4 SE Near Darby Report

Rank 503 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 score91.4of 100

Montana median
91.1the median score of 1,053 stations
Scoring higher
486stations in Montana
Sharing its score
20ranks 487 to 506
Points deducted
8.62.7 arrival, 2.7 accuracy, 2.1 forecast check, 1.1 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
STEM8rank 501; ahead on reports received 98.8% against 97.0%
Next below
BNKM8rank 504; behind on median arrival 23 min 36 s against 23 min 58 s

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 3597.034.0 of 35 pointsMontana median 98.8163 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1072.87.3 of 10 pointsMontana median 80.4half its reports arrived within 24 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 :15
Reports received, 24 hours
22 of 2491.6% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
163 of 16897.0% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 10, 11:15 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:15 PMlocal 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 1,053 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. Bitterroot River 4 SE Near Darby received 97.0 per cent, 163 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 503 of 1,053.WHERE IT RANKS IN MONTANA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 97.0%, 163 OF 168, RANK 503 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 Bitterroot River 4 SE Near Darby's rank in Montana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 229 of 702; 2026-09-27 rank 225 of 702; 2026-09-28 rank 227 of 768; 2026-09-29 rank 492 of 790; 2026-09-30 rank 475 of 799; 2026-10-01 rank 509 of 802; 2026-10-02 rank 407 of 889; 2026-10-03 rank 400 of 889; 2026-10-04 rank 394 of 898; 2026-10-05 rank 392 of 979; 2026-10-06 rank 401 of 1,025; 2026-10-07 rank 387 of 1,027; 2026-10-08 rank 370 of 1,030; 2026-10-09 rank 385 of 1,048; 2026-10-10 rank 381 of 1,049; 2026-10-11 rank 409 of 1,054; 2026-10-12 rank 439 of 1,057; 2026-10-13 rank 447 of 1,059; 2026-10-14 rank 451 of 1,057; 2026-10-15 rank 450 of 1,056; 2026-10-16 rank 503 of 1,053.ITS RANK IN MONTANA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 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, 20265031,05397.0%
Oct 15, 20264501,05698.2%
Oct 14, 20264511,05797.6%
Oct 13, 20264471,05997.6%
Oct 12, 20264391,05797.6%
Oct 11, 20264091,05498.8%
Oct 10, 20263811,04999.4%
Oct 9, 20263851,04899.4%
Oct 8, 20263701,03098.2%
Oct 7, 20263871,02798.8%
Oct 6, 20264011,02598.2%
Oct 5, 202639297998.2%
Oct 4, 202639489898.2%
Oct 3, 202640088998.1%
Oct 2, 202640788998.1%
Oct 1, 202650980298.5%
Sep 30, 202647579999.1%
Sep 29, 202649279098.9%
Sep 28, 2026227768100.0%
Sep 27, 2026225702100.0%
Sep 26, 2026229702100.0%
Reports received at Bitterroot River 4 SE Near Darby, 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 Bitterroot River 4 SE Near Darby, 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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