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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
MDAN8
Latitude
46.91670 N
Longitude
103.51670 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 158 reports in 153 hours over the last seven days
Observed
7:00 AMCDT, 41 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

Little Missouri River AT Medora Report

Rank 232 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 score88.7of 100

North Dakota median
94.4the median score of 311 stations
Scoring higher
231stations in North Dakota
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
11.37.4 arrival, 2.1 reports received, 1.8 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Dakota median 100.0, 100.0, 82.1
Next above
LBNN8rank 231; ahead on 247 score 88.8 against 88.7
Next below
SWTN8rank 233; behind on 247 score 88.7 against 88.6

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 3594.032.9 of 35 pointsNorth Dakota median 98.2158 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1026.22.6 of 10 pointsNorth Dakota median 86.2half its reports arrived within 47 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
Reports received, 24 hours
22 of 2491.6% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
158 of 16894.0% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
2 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
3 hoursfrom Oct 13, 12:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 17, 5:00 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 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. Little Missouri River AT Medora received 94.0 per cent, 158 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 232 of 311.WHERE IT RANKS IN NORTH DAKOTA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 94.0%, 158 OF 168, RANK 232 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 Little Missouri River AT Medora's rank in North Dakota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 187 of 197; 2026-09-27 rank 195 of 199; 2026-09-28 rank 221 of 233; 2026-09-29 rank 220 of 242; 2026-09-30 rank 236 of 244; 2026-10-01 rank 231 of 248; 2026-10-02 rank 272 of 291; 2026-10-03 rank 272 of 291; 2026-10-04 rank 274 of 295; 2026-10-05 rank 277 of 306; 2026-10-06 rank 270 of 298; 2026-10-07 rank 274 of 301; 2026-10-08 rank 267 of 301; 2026-10-09 rank 263 of 294; 2026-10-10 rank 262 of 294; 2026-10-11 rank 257 of 292; 2026-10-12 rank 250 of 295; 2026-10-13 rank 245 of 298; 2026-10-14 rank 242 of 305; 2026-10-15 rank 237 of 312; 2026-10-16 rank 237 of 312; 2026-10-17 rank 232 of 311.ITS RANK IN NORTH DAKOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300Sep 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, 202623231194.0%
Oct 16, 202623731292.8%
Oct 15, 202623731290.4%
Oct 14, 202624230586.3%
Oct 13, 202624529883.3%
Oct 12, 202625029580.9%
Oct 11, 202625729274.4%
Oct 10, 202626229469.6%
Oct 9, 202626329469.0%
Oct 8, 202626730164.8%
Oct 7, 202627430167.2%
Oct 6, 202627029867.2%
Oct 5, 202627730664.8%
Oct 4, 202627429567.8%
Oct 3, 202627229169.8%
Oct 2, 202627229169.8%
Oct 1, 202623124871.1%
Sep 30, 202623624470.3%
Sep 29, 202622024271.2%
Sep 28, 202622123371.4%
Sep 27, 202619519976.0%
Sep 26, 202618719773.9%
Reports received at Little Missouri River AT Medora, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012349 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM6 AM
Temperature at Little Missouri River AT Medora, temperature from 41.7 to 51.7, the latest 41.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATUREF4042.54547.55052.5Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17
Reports received at Little Missouri River AT Medora, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourTemperature FReports
Mon 12, 8 AM41.71
Sun 11, 8 AM51.71

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