Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
NFKN1
Latitude
42.00378 N
Longitude
97.42603 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
7:15 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

Norfolk Report

Rank 281 of 686 in Nebraska, 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 score94.4of 100

Nebraska median
94.0the median score of 686 stations
Scoring higher
210stations in Nebraska
Sharing its score
78ranks 211 to 288
Points deducted
5.63.2 forecast check, 2.4 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Nebraska median 100.0, 100.0, 68.2
Next above
BEAN1rank 280; ahead on median arrival 21 min 58 s against 21 min 59 s
Next below
LPTN1rank 286; behind on median arrival 21 min 59 s against 22 min 4 s
Sharing its rank
4other 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 pointsNebraska median 99.4168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1076.07.6 of 10 pointsNebraska median 80.5half its reports arrived within 22 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 10-6.8 of 10 points, at the medianNebraska median 68.2-

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, 26 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule, 187 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 hourfrom Oct 9, 8:15 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 7:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
22 min9 in 10 within 34 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 686 ranked stations in Nebraska 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, 11; 20 to 29 per cent, 2; 30 to 39 per cent, 5; 40 to 49 per cent, 24; 50 to 59 per cent, 51; 60 to 69 per cent, 9; 70 to 79 per cent, 57; 80 to 89 per cent, 47; 90 to 99 per cent, 166; 100 per cent, 314. Norfolk received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 281 of 686.WHERE IT RANKS IN NEBRASKA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 281 OF 686PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 191120 to 29230 to 39540 to 492450 to 595160 to 69970 to 795780 to 894790 to 99166100314STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Norfolk's rank in Nebraska by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 103 of 398; 2026-09-27 rank 164 of 400; 2026-09-28 rank 53 of 486; 2026-09-29 rank 161 of 504; 2026-09-30 rank 151 of 505; 2026-10-01 rank 65 of 507; 2026-10-02 rank 227 of 627; 2026-10-03 rank 228 of 627; 2026-10-04 rank 235 of 631; 2026-10-05 rank 244 of 684; 2026-10-06 rank 250 of 689; 2026-10-07 rank 214 of 697; 2026-10-08 rank 181 of 693; 2026-10-09 rank 169 of 680; 2026-10-10 rank 166 of 680; 2026-10-11 rank 160 of 680; 2026-10-12 rank 165 of 678; 2026-10-13 rank 216 of 676; 2026-10-14 rank 195 of 676; 2026-10-15 rank 234 of 674; 2026-10-16 rank 276 of 681; 2026-10-17 rank 281 of 686.ITS RANK IN NEBRASKA, 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%314
90 to 99%166
80 to 89%47
70 to 79%57
60 to 69%9
50 to 59%51
40 to 49%24
30 to 39%5
20 to 29%2
10 to 19%11
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 2026281686100.0%
Oct 16, 2026276681100.0%
Oct 15, 2026234674100.0%
Oct 14, 2026195676100.0%
Oct 13, 2026216676100.0%
Oct 12, 2026165678100.0%
Oct 11, 2026160680100.0%
Oct 10, 2026166680100.0%
Oct 9, 2026169680100.0%
Oct 8, 202618169399.4%
Oct 7, 202621469799.4%
Oct 6, 202625068999.4%
Oct 5, 202624468499.4%
Oct 4, 202623563199.4%
Oct 3, 202622862799.3%
Oct 2, 202622762799.3%
Oct 1, 202665507100.0%
Sep 30, 2026151505100.0%
Sep 29, 2026161504100.0%
Sep 28, 202653486100.0%
Sep 27, 2026164400100.0%
Sep 26, 2026103398100.0%
Reports received at Norfolk, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012349 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Reports received at Norfolk, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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