Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
POTN6
Latitude
42.03640 N
Longitude
78.34250 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 164 reports in 164 hours over the last seven days
Observed
12:45 PMEDT, 1 hour 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

Portville Report

Rank 500 of 1,432 in New York, 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 score96.4of 100

New York median
96.1the median score of 1,432 stations
Scoring higher
494stations in New York
Sharing its score
7ranks 495 to 501
Points deducted
3.62.0 arrival, 0.8 reports received, 0.8 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; New York median 100.0, 100.0, 92.5
Next above
01435000rank 499; ahead on reports received 98.6% against 97.6%
Next below
OCTN6rank 501; behind on reports received 97.6% against 96.7%

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 York median 99.4164 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1080.28.0 of 10 pointsNew York median 90.8half its reports arrived within 20 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsNew York median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 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 10-9.3 of 10 points, at the medianNew York median 92.5-

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 :45
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
164 of 16897.6% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 4:45 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:45 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
20 min9 in 10 within 27 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 1,432 ranked stations in New York 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, 6; 10 to 19 per cent, 7; 20 to 29 per cent, 45; 30 to 39 per cent, 3; 40 to 49 per cent, 72; 50 to 59 per cent, 200; 60 to 69 per cent, 32; 70 to 79 per cent, 68; 80 to 89 per cent, 106; 90 to 99 per cent, 274; 100 per cent, 619. Portville received 97.6 per cent, 164 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 500 of 1,432.WHERE IT RANKS IN NEW YORK, Oct 16THIS ONE: 97.6%, 164 OF 168, RANK 500 OF 1,432PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9610 to 19720 to 294530 to 39340 to 497250 to 5920060 to 693270 to 796880 to 8910690 to 99274100619STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Portville's rank in New York by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 413 of 621; 2026-09-27 rank 412 of 626; 2026-09-28 rank 606 of 722; 2026-09-29 rank 401 of 738; 2026-09-30 rank 584 of 752; 2026-10-01 rank 555 of 753; 2026-10-02 rank 818 of 1,106; 2026-10-03 rank 818 of 1,106; 2026-10-04 rank 833 of 1,128; 2026-10-05 rank 801 of 1,359; 2026-10-06 rank 798 of 1,376; 2026-10-07 rank 778 of 1,413; 2026-10-08 rank 773 of 1,426; 2026-10-09 rank 778 of 1,426; 2026-10-10 rank 783 of 1,426; 2026-10-11 rank 781 of 1,431; 2026-10-12 rank 791 of 1,434; 2026-10-13 rank 646 of 1,437; 2026-10-14 rank 631 of 1,427; 2026-10-15 rank 519 of 1,433; 2026-10-16 rank 500 of 1,432.ITS RANK IN NEW YORK, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%619
90 to 99%274
80 to 89%106
70 to 79%68
60 to 69%32
50 to 59%200
40 to 49%72
30 to 39%3
20 to 29%45
10 to 19%7
0 to 9%6
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20265001,43297.6%
Oct 15, 20265191,43397.6%
Oct 14, 20266311,42797.0%
Oct 13, 20266461,43797.6%
Oct 12, 20267911,43497.6%
Oct 11, 20267811,43197.6%
Oct 10, 20267831,42697.6%
Oct 9, 20267781,42697.6%
Oct 8, 20267731,42698.2%
Oct 7, 20267781,41398.8%
Oct 6, 20267981,37698.8%
Oct 5, 20268011,35998.2%
Oct 4, 20268331,12898.2%
Oct 3, 20268181,10698.7%
Oct 2, 20268181,10698.7%
Oct 1, 202655575399.2%
Sep 30, 202658475299.1%
Sep 29, 2026401738100.0%
Sep 28, 202660672298.5%
Sep 27, 2026412626100.0%
Sep 26, 2026413621100.0%
Reports received at Portville, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Reports received at Portville, 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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