Weather/North Dakota/Instruments/MDAN8
Little Missouri River AT Medora
At a river or reservoir gauge in Billings County, North DakotaAt 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
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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
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 3594.032.9 of 35 pointsNorth Dakota median 98.2158 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1026.22.6 of 10 pointsNorth Dakota median 86.2half its reports arrived within 47 min
- Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsNorth Dakota median 100.0longest silence 3 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianNorth Dakota median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNorth Dakota median 100.0-
- 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.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2026 | 232 | 311 | 94.0% |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 237 | 312 | 92.8% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 237 | 312 | 90.4% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 242 | 305 | 86.3% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 245 | 298 | 83.3% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 250 | 295 | 80.9% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 257 | 292 | 74.4% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 262 | 294 | 69.6% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 263 | 294 | 69.0% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 267 | 301 | 64.8% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 274 | 301 | 67.2% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 270 | 298 | 67.2% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 277 | 306 | 64.8% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 274 | 295 | 67.8% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 272 | 291 | 69.8% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 272 | 291 | 69.8% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 231 | 248 | 71.1% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 236 | 244 | 70.3% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 220 | 242 | 71.2% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 221 | 233 | 71.4% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 195 | 199 | 76.0% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 187 | 197 | 73.9% |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Hour | Temperature F | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 12, 8 AM | 41.7 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 8 AM | 51.7 | 1 |
What this instrument measures for
1 place reads it as one of the nearest to it.