Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
SIDM8
Latitude
47.67810 N
Longitude
104.15640 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 161 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:59 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

Yellowstone River 2 S Sidney Report

Rank 473 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 score91.5of 100

Montana median
91.1the median score of 1,053 stations
Scoring higher
468stations in Montana
Sharing its score
18ranks 469 to 486
Points deducted
8.53.7 arrival, 2.7 accuracy, 2.1 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Montana median 86.7, 100.0, 78.7
Next above
TMPM8rank 469; ahead on median arrival 28 min 36 s against 28 min 37 s
Next below
BFTM8rank 487; behind on 247 score 91.5 against 91.4
Sharing its rank
13other 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 1062.86.3 of 10 pointsMontana median 80.4half its reports arrived within 29 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMontana median 100.0longest silence 63 min, 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 :00
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
1 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
71 minfrom Oct 15, 10:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
29 min9 in 10 within 29 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. Yellowstone River 2 S Sidney received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 473 of 1,053.WHERE IT RANKS IN MONTANA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 473 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 Yellowstone River 2 S Sidney's rank in Montana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 341 of 702; 2026-09-27 rank 342 of 702; 2026-09-28 rank 349 of 768; 2026-09-29 rank 341 of 790; 2026-09-30 rank 339 of 799; 2026-10-01 rank 263 of 802; 2026-10-02 rank 420 of 889; 2026-10-03 rank 431 of 889; 2026-10-04 rank 421 of 898; 2026-10-05 rank 405 of 979; 2026-10-06 rank 422 of 1,025; 2026-10-07 rank 409 of 1,027; 2026-10-08 rank 380 of 1,030; 2026-10-09 rank 458 of 1,048; 2026-10-10 rank 449 of 1,049; 2026-10-11 rank 460 of 1,054; 2026-10-12 rank 442 of 1,057; 2026-10-13 rank 449 of 1,059; 2026-10-14 rank 458 of 1,057; 2026-10-15 rank 475 of 1,056; 2026-10-16 rank 473 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, 20264731,053100.0%
Oct 15, 20264751,056100.0%
Oct 14, 20264581,057100.0%
Oct 13, 20264491,059100.0%
Oct 12, 20264421,057100.0%
Oct 11, 20264601,054100.0%
Oct 10, 20264491,049100.0%
Oct 9, 20264581,048100.0%
Oct 8, 20263801,030100.0%
Oct 7, 20264091,027100.0%
Oct 6, 20264221,025100.0%
Oct 5, 2026405979100.0%
Oct 4, 2026421898100.0%
Oct 3, 2026431889100.0%
Oct 2, 2026420889100.0%
Oct 1, 2026263802100.0%
Sep 30, 2026339799100.0%
Sep 29, 2026341790100.0%
Sep 28, 2026349768100.0%
Sep 27, 2026342702100.0%
Sep 26, 2026341702100.0%
Reports received at Yellowstone River 2 S Sidney, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02463 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Yellowstone River 2 S Sidney, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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