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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
IWDP1
Latitude
40.48330 N
Longitude
76.51670 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 167 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:15 AMEDT, 34 minutes 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

Swatara Creek AT Inwood Report

Rank 405 of 1,379 in Pennsylvania, Oct 20. 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 score97.8of 100

Pennsylvania median
95.0the median score of 1,379 stations
Scoring higher
397stations in Pennsylvania
Sharing its score
12ranks 398 to 409
Points deducted
2.21.5 arrival, 0.4 reports received, 0.3 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Pennsylvania median 100.0, 100.0, 97.4
Next above
PSVP1rank 403; ahead on median arrival 17 min 36 s against 17 min 37 s
Next below
MDTrank 409; behind on reports received 98.8% against 97.0%
Sharing its rank
3other 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 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsPennsylvania median 98.2166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1084.88.5 of 10 pointsPennsylvania median 95.0half 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 10-9.7 of 10 points, at the medianPennsylvania median 97.4-

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
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule, 178 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 14, 12:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 20, 8:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 min9 in 10 within 23 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 1,379 ranked stations in Pennsylvania on Oct 20 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, 28; 10 to 19 per cent, 17; 20 to 29 per cent, 36; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 84; 50 to 59 per cent, 216; 60 to 69 per cent, 115; 70 to 79 per cent, 66; 80 to 89 per cent, 77; 90 to 99 per cent, 300; 100 per cent, 434. Swatara Creek AT Inwood received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 405 of 1,379.WHERE IT RANKS IN PENNSYLVANIA, Oct 20THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 405 OF 1,379PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 92810 to 191720 to 293630 to 39640 to 498450 to 5921660 to 6911570 to 796680 to 897790 to 99300100434STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Swatara Creek AT Inwood's rank in Pennsylvania by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-20: 2026-09-26 rank 121 of 543; 2026-09-27 rank 132 of 533; 2026-09-28 rank 211 of 600; 2026-09-29 rank 217 of 605; 2026-09-30 rank 107 of 608; 2026-10-01 rank 93 of 612; 2026-10-02 rank 293 of 924; 2026-10-03 rank 291 of 924; 2026-10-04 rank 409 of 956; 2026-10-05 rank 480 of 1,219; 2026-10-06 rank 489 of 1,252; 2026-10-07 rank 478 of 1,339; 2026-10-08 rank 449 of 1,356; 2026-10-09 rank 473 of 1,352; 2026-10-10 rank 477 of 1,352; 2026-10-11 rank 461 of 1,344; 2026-10-12 rank 427 of 1,368; 2026-10-13 rank 356 of 1,374; 2026-10-14 rank 332 of 1,372; 2026-10-15 rank 390 of 1,375; 2026-10-16 rank 404 of 1,383; 2026-10-17 rank 426 of 1,394; 2026-10-18 rank 420 of 1,397; 2026-10-19 rank 400 of 1,389; 2026-10-20 rank 405 of 1,379.ITS RANK IN PENNSYLVANIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Oct 1Oct 6Oct 11Oct 16Oct 20
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%434
90 to 99%300
80 to 89%77
70 to 79%66
60 to 69%115
50 to 59%216
40 to 49%84
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%36
10 to 19%17
0 to 9%28
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 20, 20264051,37998.8%
Oct 19, 20264001,38998.8%
Oct 18, 20264201,39798.8%
Oct 17, 20264261,39498.8%
Oct 16, 20264041,38398.8%
Oct 15, 20263901,37598.8%
Oct 14, 20263321,37298.8%
Oct 13, 20263561,37498.8%
Oct 12, 20264271,36898.8%
Oct 11, 20264611,34498.8%
Oct 10, 20264771,35298.8%
Oct 9, 20264731,35298.8%
Oct 8, 20264491,35699.4%
Oct 7, 20264781,339100.0%
Oct 6, 20264891,252100.0%
Oct 5, 20264801,219100.0%
Oct 4, 2026409956100.0%
Oct 3, 2026291924100.0%
Oct 2, 2026293924100.0%
Oct 1, 202693612100.0%
Sep 30, 2026107608100.0%
Sep 29, 2026217605100.0%
Sep 28, 2026211600100.0%
Sep 27, 2026132533100.0%
Sep 26, 2026121543100.0%
Reports received at Swatara Creek AT Inwood, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012349 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 203 AM6 AM
Reports received at Swatara Creek AT Inwood, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17Sun 18Mon 19Tue 20

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