Weather/North Carolina/Instruments/LSCN7
Sturgeon Creek at U.S. Highway 74
At a river or reservoir gauge in Brunswick County, North CarolinaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- LSCN7
- Latitude
- 34.24110 N
- Longitude
- 78.03360 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 615 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 1:05 AMEDT, 24 minutes ago
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Station charts
Sturgeon Creek at U.S. Highway 74 Report
Rank 1,103 of 2,255 in North Carolina, 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 score95.4of 100
- North Carolina median
- 95.0the median score of 2,255 stations
- Scoring higher
- 1,097stations in North Carolina
- Sharing its score
- 7ranks 1,098 to 1,104
- Points deducted
- 4.63.0 reports received, 0.9 continuity, 0.7 arrival
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Carolina median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
- Next above
- ARLN7rank 1,102; ahead on reports received 93.3% against 91.5%
- Next below
- WERN7rank 1,104; behind on reports received 91.5% against 88.9%
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.
- Reports receivedweight 3591.532.0 of 35 pointsNorth Carolina median 92.6615 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1092.99.3 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 95.2half its reports arrived within 14 min
- Continuityweight 1090.99.1 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 100.0longest silence 60 min, on a schedule of one report every 15 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
- Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
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 (45 min), none for 72 (18 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 15 minon the hour's :05, :20, :35 and :50
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 94 of 9697.9% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 621 of 67292.4% of its schedule, 622 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 1 hourfrom Oct 9, 5:20 AM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 1:20 AMlocal time
The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 615 of 672 scheduled reports received, 91.5%.
Its schedule is one report every 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 551 |
| 90 to 99% | 591 |
| 80 to 89% | 200 |
| 70 to 79% | 156 |
| 60 to 69% | 199 |
| 50 to 59% | 286 |
| 40 to 49% | 178 |
| 30 to 39% | 10 |
| 20 to 29% | 46 |
| 10 to 19% | 26 |
| 0 to 9% | 12 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 1,103 | 2,255 | 91.5% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1,230 | 2,253 | 90.4% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 1,225 | 2,251 | 88.9% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 1,251 | 2,255 | 88.6% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 1,245 | 2,235 | 88.9% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 1,074 | 2,229 | 89.8% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1,064 | 2,181 | 89.8% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 1,056 | 2,181 | 90.1% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 792 | 2,202 | 92.2% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 876 | 2,180 | 92.7% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 944 | 1,980 | 92.1% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 977 | 1,917 | 91.8% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1,390 | 1,659 | 85.5% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1,335 | 1,620 | 85.7% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1,334 | 1,620 | 85.7% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 692 | 1,052 | 83.7% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 691 | 1,043 | 82.5% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 705 | 1,037 | 81.0% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 672 | 1,010 | 78.4% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 571 | 915 | 72.1% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 539 | 910 | 93.5% |