Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
HCKN8
Latitude
46.80750 N
Longitude
100.73310 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 154 reports in 150 hours over the last seven days
Rank
239of 312 in North Dakota, Oct 16
Observed
9:00 PMCDT, 54 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

On the radar over Bismarck - Hay CreekReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

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

Station charts

Bismarck - Hay Creek Report

Rank 239 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 score87.1of 100

North Dakota median
94.3the median score of 312 stations
Scoring higher
238stations in North Dakota
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
12.97.3 arrival, 2.9 reports received, 1.8 forecast check, 0.9 continuity
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Dakota median 100.0, 100.0, 82.5
Next above
ND-FS-9rank 238; ahead on 247 score 87.3 against 87.1
Next below
MAXN8rank 240; behind on 247 score 87.1 against 87.0

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 3591.732.1 of 35 pointsNorth Dakota median 98.2154 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1026.72.7 of 10 pointsNorth Dakota median 86.7half its reports arrived within 47 min
  3. Continuityweight 1090.99.1 of 10 pointsNorth Dakota median 100.0longest silence 4 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 10-8.3 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
Rank
239of 312 in North Dakota, Oct 16
Schedule
every houron the hour's :00
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
154 of 16891.6% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
4 hoursfrom Oct 9, 4:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
47 min9 in 10 within 47 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. Bismarck - Hay Creek received 91.6 per cent, 154 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 239 of 312.WHERE IT RANKS IN NORTH DAKOTA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 91.6%, 154 OF 168, RANK 239 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 Bismarck - Hay Creek's rank in North Dakota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 191 of 197; 2026-09-27 rank 194 of 199; 2026-09-28 rank 222 of 233; 2026-09-29 rank 215 of 242; 2026-09-30 rank 234 of 244; 2026-10-01 rank 232 of 248; 2026-10-02 rank 278 of 291; 2026-10-03 rank 278 of 291; 2026-10-04 rank 280 of 295; 2026-10-05 rank 294 of 306; 2026-10-06 rank 281 of 298; 2026-10-07 rank 284 of 301; 2026-10-08 rank 280 of 301; 2026-10-09 rank 270 of 294; 2026-10-10 rank 269 of 294; 2026-10-11 rank 252 of 292; 2026-10-12 rank 243 of 295; 2026-10-13 rank 236 of 298; 2026-10-14 rank 232 of 305; 2026-10-15 rank 238 of 312; 2026-10-16 rank 239 of 312.ITS RANK IN NORTH DAKOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 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, 202623931291.6%
Oct 15, 202623831289.8%
Oct 14, 202623230587.5%
Oct 13, 202623629885.7%
Oct 12, 202624329581.5%
Oct 11, 202625229272.6%
Oct 10, 202626929466.0%
Oct 9, 202627029465.4%
Oct 8, 202628030158.3%
Oct 7, 202628430158.9%
Oct 6, 202628129860.1%
Oct 5, 202629430659.5%
Oct 4, 202628029565.4%
Oct 3, 202627829169.2%
Oct 2, 202627829169.2%
Oct 1, 202623224870.4%
Sep 30, 202623424473.7%
Sep 29, 202621524275.5%
Sep 28, 202622223371.4%
Sep 27, 202619419976.0%
Sep 26, 202619119769.5%

The instrumentWhat an instrument is FB-INS-001

What it seesMoon and tides FB-CLK-003Hurricane FB-EVT-043Nor'easter FB-EVT-066Flash flood FB-EVT-100Coastal flood FB-EVT-105

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