Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
OCTN6
Latitude
43.33830 N
Longitude
78.72730 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 834 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
9:36 PMEDT, 40 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 69 instruments in New York stand at one.

Station charts

Olcott Report

Rank 426 of 1,454 in New York, Oct 18. 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 score97.6of 100

New York median
96.4the median score of 1,454 stations
Scoring higher
376stations in New York
Sharing its score
51ranks 377 to 427
Points deducted
2.41.7 arrival, 0.5 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; New York median 100.0, 100.0, 95.3
Next above
KPTN6rank 424; ahead on reports received 99.5% against 99.2%
Next below
PRGN6rank 427; behind on reports received 99.2% against 98.8%

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 3599.334.8 of 35 pointsNew York median 99.4834 of 840 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1082.78.3 of 10 pointsNew York median 94.4half its reports arrived within 19 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsNew York median 100.0longest silence 30 min, on a schedule of one report every 12 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianNew York median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNew York median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianNew York median 95.3-

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 (36 min), none for 72 (14.4 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 12 minon the hour's :06, :18, :24, :36, :48 and :54
Reports received, 24 hours
119 of 12099.1% of its schedule, 143 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
834 of 84099.2% of its schedule, 1,000 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
30 minfrom Oct 15, 1:06 PM
Latest report
Oct 17, 9:54 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
19 min9 in 10 within 21 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 12 min, 120 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 12 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,454 ranked stations in New York on Oct 18 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, 8; 10 to 19 per cent, 18; 20 to 29 per cent, 33; 30 to 39 per cent, 5; 40 to 49 per cent, 73; 50 to 59 per cent, 174; 60 to 69 per cent, 60; 70 to 79 per cent, 63; 80 to 89 per cent, 119; 90 to 99 per cent, 260; 100 per cent, 641. Olcott received 99.2 per cent, 834 of 840 scheduled reports, rank 426 of 1,454.WHERE IT RANKS IN NEW YORK, Oct 18THIS ONE: 99.2%, 834 OF 840, RANK 426 OF 1,454PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9810 to 191820 to 293330 to 39540 to 497350 to 5917460 to 696070 to 796380 to 8911990 to 99260100641STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Olcott's rank in New York by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-18: 2026-09-26 rank 585 of 621; 2026-09-27 rank 568 of 626; 2026-09-28 rank 649 of 722; 2026-09-29 rank 654 of 738; 2026-09-30 rank 664 of 752; 2026-10-01 rank 661 of 753; 2026-10-02 rank 917 of 1,106; 2026-10-03 rank 917 of 1,106; 2026-10-04 rank 907 of 1,128; 2026-10-05 rank 888 of 1,359; 2026-10-06 rank 923 of 1,376; 2026-10-07 rank 943 of 1,413; 2026-10-08 rank 990 of 1,426; 2026-10-09 rank 985 of 1,426; 2026-10-10 rank 983 of 1,426; 2026-10-11 rank 939 of 1,431; 2026-10-12 rank 952 of 1,434; 2026-10-13 rank 973 of 1,437; 2026-10-14 rank 966 of 1,427; 2026-10-15 rank 812 of 1,433; 2026-10-16 rank 501 of 1,432; 2026-10-17 rank 470 of 1,447; 2026-10-18 rank 426 of 1,454.ITS RANK IN NEW YORK, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 18
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%641
90 to 99%260
80 to 89%119
70 to 79%63
60 to 69%60
50 to 59%174
40 to 49%73
30 to 39%5
20 to 29%33
10 to 19%18
0 to 9%8
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 18, 20264261,45499.2%
Oct 17, 20264701,44798.8%
Oct 16, 20265011,43296.7%
Oct 15, 20268121,43394.4%
Oct 14, 20269661,42791.4%
Oct 13, 20269731,43790.2%
Oct 12, 20269521,43487.5%
Oct 11, 20269391,43182.8%
Oct 10, 20269831,42682.2%
Oct 9, 20269851,42682.1%
Oct 8, 20269901,42680.3%
Oct 7, 20269431,41382.0%
Oct 6, 20269231,37682.3%
Oct 5, 20268881,35983.8%
Oct 4, 20269071,12885.3%
Oct 3, 20269171,10687.2%
Oct 2, 20269171,10687.2%
Oct 1, 202666175387.1%
Sep 30, 202666475287.8%
Sep 29, 202665473890.5%
Sep 28, 202664972293.5%
Sep 27, 202656862694.4%
Sep 26, 202658562191.4%
Reports received at Olcott, reports from 0.0 to 10.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Oct 173 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Olcott, reports from 0.0 to 10.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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