Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
LPTN1
Latitude
41.06670 N
Longitude
95.88330 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
10:15 PMCDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 52 instruments in Nebraska stand at one.

Station charts

La Platte Report

Rank 413 of 681 in Nebraska, 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 score92.9of 100

Nebraska median
93.9the median score of 681 stations
Scoring higher
412stations in Nebraska
Sharing its score
2ranks 413 to 414
Points deducted
7.13.9 arrival, 3.3 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Nebraska median 100.0, 100.0, 67.4
Next above
LVNN1rank 412; ahead on 247 score 93.0 against 92.9
Next below
PSBN1rank 414; behind on reports received 100% against 94.5%

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 pointsNebraska median 99.4168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1061.56.2 of 10 pointsNebraska median 80.2half its reports arrived within 29 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsNebraska 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 medianNebraska median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNebraska median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-6.7 of 10 points, at the medianNebraska median 67.4-

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
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
78 minfrom Oct 15, 10:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:15 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
22 min9 in 10 within 32 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 681 ranked stations in Nebraska 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, 0; 10 to 19 per cent, 3; 20 to 29 per cent, 12; 30 to 39 per cent, 2; 40 to 49 per cent, 27; 50 to 59 per cent, 48; 60 to 69 per cent, 6; 70 to 79 per cent, 56; 80 to 89 per cent, 48; 90 to 99 per cent, 189; 100 per cent, 290. La Platte received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 413 of 681.WHERE IT RANKS IN NEBRASKA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 413 OF 681PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 19320 to 291230 to 39240 to 492750 to 594860 to 69670 to 795680 to 894890 to 99189100290STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of La Platte's rank in Nebraska by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-27 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-27 rank 387 of 400; 2026-09-28 rank 448 of 486; 2026-09-29 rank 439 of 504; 2026-09-30 rank 427 of 505; 2026-10-01 rank 413 of 507; 2026-10-02 rank 485 of 627; 2026-10-03 rank 484 of 627; 2026-10-04 rank 405 of 631; 2026-10-05 rank 399 of 684; 2026-10-06 rank 412 of 689; 2026-10-07 rank 410 of 697; 2026-10-08 rank 358 of 693; 2026-10-09 rank 351 of 680; 2026-10-10 rank 350 of 680; 2026-10-11 rank 350 of 680; 2026-10-12 rank 339 of 678; 2026-10-13 rank 394 of 676; 2026-10-14 rank 378 of 676; 2026-10-15 rank 414 of 674; 2026-10-16 rank 413 of 681.ITS RANK IN NEBRASKA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 27Oct 1Oct 5Oct 9Oct 13Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%290
90 to 99%189
80 to 89%48
70 to 79%56
60 to 69%6
50 to 59%48
40 to 49%27
30 to 39%2
20 to 29%12
10 to 19%3
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 2026413681100.0%
Oct 15, 2026414674100.0%
Oct 14, 2026378676100.0%
Oct 13, 2026394676100.0%
Oct 12, 2026339678100.0%
Oct 11, 2026350680100.0%
Oct 10, 2026350680100.0%
Oct 9, 2026351680100.0%
Oct 8, 202635869399.4%
Oct 7, 202641069799.4%
Oct 6, 202641268999.4%
Oct 5, 202639968499.4%
Oct 4, 202640563199.4%
Oct 3, 202648462791.5%
Oct 2, 202648562791.5%
Oct 1, 202641350790.8%
Sep 30, 202642750588.9%
Sep 29, 202643950486.1%
Sep 28, 202644848681.4%
Sep 27, 202638740071.7%
Reports received at La Platte, 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 La Platte, 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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