Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
POQP1
Latitude
40.05700 N
Longitude
74.98560 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 167 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:30 PMEDT, 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

Philadelphia Report

Rank 496 of 1,394 in Pennsylvania, Oct 17. 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 score96.9of 100

Pennsylvania median
94.9the median score of 1,394 stations
Scoring higher
451stations in Pennsylvania
Sharing its score
45ranks 452 to 496
Points deducted
3.12.2 arrival, 0.5 forecast check, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Pennsylvania median 100.0, 100.0, 94.8
Next above
TRLP1rank 495; ahead on median arrival 20 min 53 s against 21 min 3 s
Next below
BKBP1rank 497; behind on 247 score 96.9 against 96.8

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 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsPennsylvania median 98.2166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1077.97.8 of 10 pointsPennsylvania median 95.2half its reports arrived within 21 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 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianPennsylvania median 94.8-

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 :30
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule, 24 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule, 191 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 14, 1:30 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 7:30 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
21 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 1,394 ranked stations in Pennsylvania on Oct 17 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, 42; 20 to 29 per cent, 12; 30 to 39 per cent, 10; 40 to 49 per cent, 94; 50 to 59 per cent, 200; 60 to 69 per cent, 122; 70 to 79 per cent, 72; 80 to 89 per cent, 82; 90 to 99 per cent, 292; 100 per cent, 440. Philadelphia received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 496 of 1,394.WHERE IT RANKS IN PENNSYLVANIA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 496 OF 1,394PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 92810 to 194220 to 291230 to 391040 to 499450 to 5920060 to 6912270 to 797280 to 898290 to 99292100440STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Philadelphia's rank in Pennsylvania by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 216 of 543; 2026-09-27 rank 172 of 533; 2026-09-28 rank 141 of 600; 2026-09-29 rank 142 of 605; 2026-09-30 rank 149 of 608; 2026-10-01 rank 120 of 612; 2026-10-02 rank 428 of 924; 2026-10-03 rank 420 of 924; 2026-10-04 rank 425 of 956; 2026-10-05 rank 402 of 1,219; 2026-10-06 rank 403 of 1,252; 2026-10-07 rank 396 of 1,339; 2026-10-08 rank 387 of 1,356; 2026-10-09 rank 388 of 1,352; 2026-10-10 rank 391 of 1,352; 2026-10-11 rank 357 of 1,344; 2026-10-12 rank 383 of 1,368; 2026-10-13 rank 439 of 1,374; 2026-10-14 rank 434 of 1,372; 2026-10-15 rank 441 of 1,375; 2026-10-16 rank 446 of 1,383; 2026-10-17 rank 496 of 1,394.ITS RANK IN PENNSYLVANIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%440
90 to 99%292
80 to 89%82
70 to 79%72
60 to 69%122
50 to 59%200
40 to 49%94
30 to 39%10
20 to 29%12
10 to 19%42
0 to 9%28
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20264961,39498.8%
Oct 16, 20264461,38398.8%
Oct 15, 20264411,37598.8%
Oct 14, 20264341,37298.2%
Oct 13, 20264391,37498.2%
Oct 12, 20263831,36898.2%
Oct 11, 20263571,34498.2%
Oct 10, 20263911,35298.2%
Oct 9, 20263881,35298.2%
Oct 8, 20263871,35698.2%
Oct 7, 20263961,33999.4%
Oct 6, 20264031,25299.4%
Oct 5, 20264021,21999.4%
Oct 4, 202642595699.4%
Oct 3, 202642092499.3%
Oct 2, 202642892499.3%
Oct 1, 2026120612100.0%
Sep 30, 2026149608100.0%
Sep 29, 2026142605100.0%
Sep 28, 2026141600100.0%
Sep 27, 2026172533100.0%
Sep 26, 2026216543100.0%
Reports received at Philadelphia, reports from 3.0 to 4.0, the latest 3.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 PM9 PMOct 173 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Reports received at Philadelphia, reports from 2.0 to 8.0, the latest 3.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02468Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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