Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CLBN8
Latitude
48.99060 N
Longitude
102.78530 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 164 reports in 136 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:45 AMCDT, 54 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 11 instruments in North Dakota stand at one.

Station charts

E. Br. Short Creek 6 AT Columbus Report

Rank 164 of 311 in North Dakota, 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 score94.0of 100

North Dakota median
94.4the median score of 311 stations
Scoring higher
163stations in North Dakota
Sharing its score
2ranks 164 to 165
Points deducted
6.03.4 arrival, 1.8 forecast check, 0.8 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Dakota median 100.0, 100.0, 82.1
Next above
WTFN8rank 163; ahead on 247 score 94.1 against 94.0
Next below
JAMN8rank 165; behind on reports received 97.6% against 94.6%

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 3597.634.2 of 35 pointsNorth Dakota median 98.2164 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1065.96.6 of 10 pointsNorth Dakota median 86.2half its reports arrived within 27 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsNorth Dakota median 100.0longest silence 3 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianNorth Dakota median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNorth Dakota median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-8.2 of 10 points, at the medianNorth Dakota median 82.1-

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 and :45
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
164 of 16897.6% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
3 hoursfrom Oct 13, 11:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 17, 3:45 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
27 min9 in 10 within 52 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 311 ranked stations in North Dakota 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, 2; 20 to 29 per cent, 0; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 10; 50 to 59 per cent, 18; 60 to 69 per cent, 8; 70 to 79 per cent, 25; 80 to 89 per cent, 51; 90 to 99 per cent, 73; 100 per cent, 123. E. Br. Short Creek 6 AT Columbus received 97.6 per cent, 164 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 164 of 311.WHERE IT RANKS IN NORTH DAKOTA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 97.6%, 164 OF 168, RANK 164 OF 311PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 19220 to 2930 to 39140 to 491050 to 591860 to 69870 to 792580 to 895190 to 9973100123STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of E. Br. Short Creek 6 AT Columbus's rank in North Dakota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 123 of 197; 2026-09-27 rank 129 of 199; 2026-09-28 rank 148 of 233; 2026-09-29 rank 145 of 242; 2026-09-30 rank 150 of 244; 2026-10-01 rank 134 of 248; 2026-10-02 rank 174 of 291; 2026-10-03 rank 174 of 291; 2026-10-04 rank 170 of 295; 2026-10-05 rank 173 of 306; 2026-10-06 rank 175 of 298; 2026-10-07 rank 193 of 301; 2026-10-08 rank 184 of 301; 2026-10-09 rank 184 of 294; 2026-10-10 rank 186 of 294; 2026-10-11 rank 175 of 292; 2026-10-12 rank 162 of 295; 2026-10-13 rank 171 of 298; 2026-10-14 rank 170 of 305; 2026-10-15 rank 152 of 312; 2026-10-16 rank 162 of 312; 2026-10-17 rank 164 of 311.ITS RANK IN NORTH DAKOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP150100150200Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%123
90 to 99%73
80 to 89%51
70 to 79%25
60 to 69%8
50 to 59%18
40 to 49%10
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%0
10 to 19%2
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 202616431197.6%
Oct 16, 202616231298.2%
Oct 15, 202615231298.8%
Oct 14, 2026170305100.0%
Oct 13, 2026171298100.0%
Oct 12, 2026162295100.0%
Oct 11, 202617529298.2%
Oct 10, 202618629498.2%
Oct 9, 202618429498.2%
Oct 8, 202618430198.2%
Oct 7, 202619330198.2%
Oct 6, 202617529898.2%
Oct 5, 202617330698.2%
Oct 4, 202617029599.4%
Oct 3, 202617429199.3%
Oct 2, 202617429199.3%
Oct 1, 202613424899.2%
Sep 30, 202615024499.1%
Sep 29, 202614524298.9%
Sep 28, 202614823398.5%
Sep 27, 202612919997.8%
Sep 26, 202612319795.6%
Reports received at E. Br. Short Creek 6 AT Columbus, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02466 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM
Reports received at E. Br. Short Creek 6 AT Columbus, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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