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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
SSLN3
Latitude
43.46580 N
Longitude
71.29790 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 164 reports in 165 hours over the last seven days
Observed
7:15 AMEDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 50 instruments in New Hampshire stand at one.

Station charts

Alton - Sunset Lake Report

Rank 171 of 385 in New Hampshire, 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 score92.7of 100

New Hampshire median
92.0the median score of 385 stations
Scoring higher
170stations in New Hampshire
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
7.33.9 arrival, 2.4 forecast check, 0.8 reports received, 0.2 accuracy
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; New Hampshire median 98.9, 100.0, 76.1
Next above
ALBN3rank 170; ahead on 247 score 92.9 against 92.7
Next below
HANN3rank 172; behind on 247 score 92.7 against 92.4

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 3597.634.2 of 35 pointsNew Hampshire median 94.3164 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1061.36.1 of 10 pointsNew Hampshire median 100.0half its reports arrived within 29 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsNew Hampshire median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.8 of 20 points, at the medianNew Hampshire median 98.9-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNew Hampshire median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-7.6 of 10 points, at the medianNew Hampshire median 76.1-

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 :15
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
164 of 16897.6% of its schedule, 165 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 11, 5:15 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 7:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
29 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 385 ranked stations in New Hampshire 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, 4; 10 to 19 per cent, 1; 20 to 29 per cent, 14; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 28; 50 to 59 per cent, 82; 60 to 69 per cent, 12; 70 to 79 per cent, 16; 80 to 89 per cent, 31; 90 to 99 per cent, 82; 100 per cent, 114. Alton - Sunset Lake received 97.6 per cent, 164 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 171 of 385.WHERE IT RANKS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, Oct 16THIS ONE: 97.6%, 164 OF 168, RANK 171 OF 385PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9410 to 19120 to 291430 to 39140 to 492850 to 598260 to 691270 to 791680 to 893190 to 9982100114STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Alton - Sunset Lake's rank in New Hampshire by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-27 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-27 rank 118 of 155; 2026-09-28 rank 153 of 189; 2026-09-29 rank 152 of 193; 2026-09-30 rank 147 of 194; 2026-10-01 rank 142 of 197; 2026-10-02 rank 231 of 285; 2026-10-03 rank 232 of 285; 2026-10-04 rank 191 of 292; 2026-10-05 rank 180 of 388; 2026-10-06 rank 173 of 401; 2026-10-07 rank 169 of 398; 2026-10-08 rank 160 of 400; 2026-10-09 rank 161 of 406; 2026-10-10 rank 160 of 406; 2026-10-11 rank 159 of 403; 2026-10-12 rank 164 of 401; 2026-10-13 rank 184 of 404; 2026-10-14 rank 176 of 383; 2026-10-15 rank 182 of 388; 2026-10-16 rank 171 of 385.ITS RANK IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300Sep 27Oct 1Oct 5Oct 9Oct 13Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%114
90 to 99%82
80 to 89%31
70 to 79%16
60 to 69%12
50 to 59%82
40 to 49%28
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%14
10 to 19%1
0 to 9%4
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202617138597.6%
Oct 15, 202618238898.2%
Oct 14, 202617638398.2%
Oct 13, 202618440498.8%
Oct 12, 202616440199.4%
Oct 11, 2026159403100.0%
Oct 10, 2026160406100.0%
Oct 9, 2026161406100.0%
Oct 8, 202616040099.4%
Oct 7, 202616939899.4%
Oct 6, 202617340197.6%
Oct 5, 202618038896.4%
Oct 4, 202619129296.4%
Oct 3, 202623228589.7%
Oct 2, 202623128589.7%
Oct 1, 202614219788.0%
Sep 30, 202614719486.4%
Sep 29, 202615219382.9%
Sep 28, 202615318980.0%
Sep 27, 202611815571.7%
Reports received at Alton - Sunset Lake, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012349 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM
Reports received at Alton - Sunset Lake, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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