Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
GCEN8
Latitude
47.55000 N
Longitude
98.86670 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
9:15 PMCDT, 38 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

James River 3 W Grace City Report

Rank 99 of 312 in North Dakota, 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 score96.0of 100

North Dakota median
94.3the median score of 312 stations
Scoring higher
97stations in North Dakota
Sharing its score
9ranks 98 to 106
Points deducted
4.02.3 arrival, 1.8 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Dakota median 100.0, 100.0, 82.5
Next above
DLCN8rank 98; ahead on median arrival 21 min 12 s against 21 min 31 s
Next below
LWDN8rank 107; behind on 247 score 96.0 against 95.9
Sharing its rank
7other 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 pointsNorth Dakota median 98.2168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1077.07.7 of 10 pointsNorth Dakota median 86.7half its reports arrived within 22 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsNorth Dakota median 100.0longest silence 60 min, 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 10-8.3 of 10 points, at the medianNorth Dakota median 82.5-

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
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule, 170 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 hourfrom Oct 8, 10:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 9:15 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
22 min9 in 10 within 22 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 312 ranked stations in North Dakota 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, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 1; 20 to 29 per cent, 2; 30 to 39 per cent, 2; 40 to 49 per cent, 13; 50 to 59 per cent, 21; 60 to 69 per cent, 4; 70 to 79 per cent, 26; 80 to 89 per cent, 46; 90 to 99 per cent, 73; 100 per cent, 123. James River 3 W Grace City received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 99 of 312.WHERE IT RANKS IN NORTH DAKOTA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 99 OF 312PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 19120 to 29230 to 39240 to 491350 to 592160 to 69470 to 792680 to 894690 to 9973100123STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of James River 3 W Grace City's rank in North Dakota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-27 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-27 rank 199 of 199; 2026-09-28 rank 226 of 233; 2026-09-29 rank 219 of 242; 2026-09-30 rank 220 of 244; 2026-10-01 rank 210 of 248; 2026-10-02 rank 261 of 291; 2026-10-03 rank 261 of 291; 2026-10-04 rank 177 of 295; 2026-10-05 rank 89 of 306; 2026-10-06 rank 94 of 298; 2026-10-07 rank 99 of 301; 2026-10-08 rank 90 of 301; 2026-10-09 rank 100 of 294; 2026-10-10 rank 98 of 294; 2026-10-11 rank 94 of 292; 2026-10-12 rank 94 of 295; 2026-10-13 rank 113 of 298; 2026-10-14 rank 112 of 305; 2026-10-15 rank 116 of 312; 2026-10-16 rank 99 of 312.ITS RANK IN NORTH DAKOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300Sep 27Oct 1Oct 5Oct 9Oct 13Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%123
90 to 99%73
80 to 89%46
70 to 79%26
60 to 69%4
50 to 59%21
40 to 49%13
30 to 39%2
20 to 29%2
10 to 19%1
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202699312100.0%
Oct 15, 202611631298.8%
Oct 14, 202611230598.8%
Oct 13, 202611329898.8%
Oct 12, 20269429598.8%
Oct 11, 20269429298.8%
Oct 10, 20269829498.8%
Oct 9, 202610029498.8%
Oct 8, 20269030199.4%
Oct 7, 20269930199.4%
Oct 6, 20269429899.4%
Oct 5, 20268930699.4%
Oct 4, 202617729589.8%
Oct 3, 202626129182.5%
Oct 2, 202626129182.5%
Oct 1, 202621024880.2%
Sep 30, 202622024477.1%
Sep 29, 202621924271.2%
Sep 28, 202622623361.4%
Sep 27, 202619919941.3%
Reports received at James River 3 W Grace City, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at James River 3 W Grace City, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15

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