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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CHSP1
Latitude
39.86890 N
Longitude
75.40860 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
9:15 AMEDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 108 instruments in Pennsylvania stand at one.

Station charts

Chester Creek AT Chester Report

Rank 383 of 1,383 in Pennsylvania, 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 score97.5of 100

Pennsylvania median
94.3the median score of 1,383 stations
Scoring higher
360stations in Pennsylvania
Sharing its score
27ranks 361 to 387
Points deducted
2.51.6 arrival, 0.7 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Pennsylvania median 100.0, 100.0, 92.9
Next above
BMBP1rank 382; ahead on median arrival 17 min 58 s against 17 min 59 s
Next below
ROWP1rank 385; behind on reports received 99.4% against 99.2%
Sharing its rank
1other 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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsPennsylvania median 95.8167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1084.08.4 of 10 pointsPennsylvania median 94.8half its reports arrived within 18 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsPennsylvania 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 medianPennsylvania median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianPennsylvania median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.3 of 10 points, at the medianPennsylvania median 92.9-

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 hour
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule, 214 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 15, 12:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 min9 in 10 within 26 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 1,383 ranked stations in Pennsylvania 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, 33; 10 to 19 per cent, 9; 20 to 29 per cent, 43; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 109; 50 to 59 per cent, 201; 60 to 69 per cent, 122; 70 to 79 per cent, 60; 80 to 89 per cent, 90; 90 to 99 per cent, 310; 100 per cent, 400. Chester Creek AT Chester received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 383 of 1,383.WHERE IT RANKS IN PENNSYLVANIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 383 OF 1,383PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 93310 to 19920 to 294330 to 39640 to 4910950 to 5920160 to 6912270 to 796080 to 899090 to 99310100400STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Chester Creek AT Chester's rank in Pennsylvania by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 246 of 543; 2026-09-27 rank 132 of 533; 2026-09-28 rank 211 of 600; 2026-09-29 rank 216 of 605; 2026-09-30 rank 107 of 608; 2026-10-01 rank 93 of 612; 2026-10-02 rank 326 of 924; 2026-10-03 rank 326 of 924; 2026-10-04 rank 410 of 956; 2026-10-05 rank 497 of 1,219; 2026-10-06 rank 511 of 1,252; 2026-10-07 rank 496 of 1,339; 2026-10-08 rank 470 of 1,356; 2026-10-09 rank 466 of 1,352; 2026-10-10 rank 471 of 1,352; 2026-10-11 rank 461 of 1,344; 2026-10-12 rank 381 of 1,368; 2026-10-13 rank 356 of 1,374; 2026-10-14 rank 332 of 1,372; 2026-10-15 rank 353 of 1,375; 2026-10-16 rank 383 of 1,383.ITS RANK IN PENNSYLVANIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%400
90 to 99%310
80 to 89%90
70 to 79%60
60 to 69%122
50 to 59%201
40 to 49%109
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%43
10 to 19%9
0 to 9%33
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20263831,38399.4%
Oct 15, 20263531,37599.4%
Oct 14, 20263321,37298.8%
Oct 13, 20263561,37498.8%
Oct 12, 20263811,36898.8%
Oct 11, 20264611,34498.8%
Oct 10, 20264711,35298.8%
Oct 9, 20264661,35298.8%
Oct 8, 20264701,35698.8%
Oct 7, 20264961,33999.4%
Oct 6, 20265111,25299.4%
Oct 5, 20264971,21999.4%
Oct 4, 202641095699.4%
Oct 3, 202632692499.3%
Oct 2, 202632692499.3%
Oct 1, 202693612100.0%
Sep 30, 2026107608100.0%
Sep 29, 2026216605100.0%
Sep 28, 2026211600100.0%
Sep 27, 2026132533100.0%
Sep 26, 2026246543100.0%
Reports received at Chester Creek AT Chester, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0123412 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM
Reports received at Chester Creek AT Chester, reports from 0.0 to 8.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02468Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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