Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 463 instruments in Texas stand at one.
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Rain Gage nr Jasper Report
Rank 1,993 of 4,689 in Texas, 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 score97.0of 100
Texas median
95.4the median score of 4,689 stations
Scoring higher
1,953stations in Texas
Sharing its score
47ranks 1,954 to 2,000
Points deducted
3.02.6 arrival, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
08198500rank 1,990; ahead on median arrival 22 min 48 s against 22 min 49 s
Next below
CPWT2rank 1,994; behind on reports received 98.8% against 98.5%
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.
Reports receivedweight 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsTexas median 97.5166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 1074.47.4 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 23 min
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
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
At 150 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.76 inHg and the temperature at 58.5 F.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 50 degrees above the horizon at 30.87 N, and the day is 11 h 16 min long. Level ground there takes 77 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.