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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
AOFT2
Latitude
29.55090 N
Longitude
95.61840 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 82 reports in 75 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:00 PMCDT, 3 hours ago
Precipitation this hour
-
Precipitation today
-

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 463 instruments in Texas stand at one.

Station charts

Sugar Land 4S - Alcorn Lake Report

Rank 4,396 of 4,734 in Texas, 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 score74.0of 100

Texas median
95.2the median score of 4,734 stations
Scoring higher
4,390stations in Texas
Sharing its score
6ranks 4,391 to 4,396
Points deducted
26.021.4 reports received, 3.5 continuity, 1.2 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
TX-BXR-614rank 4,395; ahead on reports received 42.8% against 39.0%
Next below
TX-MNG-125rank 4,397; behind on 247 score 74.0 against 73.9

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 3539.013.7 of 35 pointsTexas median 96.982 of 210 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1087.88.8 of 10 pointsTexas median 91.9half its reports arrived within 16 min
  3. Continuityweight 1065.26.5 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 7.3 h, on a schedule of one report every 48 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
  6. 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 (2.4 h), none for 72 (57.6 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 48 minon the hour's :00 and :15
Reports received, 24 hours
10 of 3033.3% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
82 of 21039.0% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
7 h 15 minfrom Oct 15, 12:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
16 min9 in 10 within 20 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 48 min, 30 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 48 min count as one received.

Chart of the 4,734 ranked stations in Texas 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, 35; 10 to 19 per cent, 121; 20 to 29 per cent, 96; 30 to 39 per cent, 88; 40 to 49 per cent, 322; 50 to 59 per cent, 463; 60 to 69 per cent, 141; 70 to 79 per cent, 422; 80 to 89 per cent, 541; 90 to 99 per cent, 1,244; 100 per cent, 1,261. Sugar Land 4S - Alcorn Lake received 39.0 per cent, 82 of 210 scheduled reports, rank 4,396 of 4,734.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 17THIS ONE: 39.0%, 82 OF 210, RANK 4,396 OF 4,734PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 93510 to 1912120 to 299630 to 398840 to 4932250 to 5946360 to 6914170 to 7942280 to 8954190 to 991,2441001,261STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Sugar Land 4S - Alcorn Lake's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 2,210 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 2,050 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 2,241 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 2,269 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 2,299 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 2,309 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 3,629 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 3,629 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 3,924 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 4,274 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 4,134 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 4,131 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 4,070 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 3,466 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 3,473 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 3,630 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 3,702 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 3,700 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 3,713 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 4,155 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 4,334 of 4,689; 2026-10-17 rank 4,396 of 4,734.ITS RANK IN TEXAS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12,0004,0006,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,261
90 to 99%1,244
80 to 89%541
70 to 79%422
60 to 69%141
50 to 59%463
40 to 49%322
30 to 39%88
20 to 29%96
10 to 19%121
0 to 9%35
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20264,3964,73439.0%
Oct 16, 20264,3344,68939.0%
Oct 15, 20264,1554,65840.0%
Oct 14, 20263,7134,65650.5%
Oct 13, 20263,7004,66650.5%
Oct 12, 20263,7024,69850.5%
Oct 11, 20263,6304,76450.5%
Oct 10, 20263,4734,90450.5%
Oct 9, 20263,4664,90250.5%
Oct 8, 20264,0705,21238.8%
Oct 7, 20264,1315,12438.3%
Oct 6, 20264,1344,69039.2%
Oct 5, 20264,2744,75739.2%
Oct 4, 20263,9244,21036.1%
Oct 3, 20263,6293,93838.7%
Oct 2, 20263,6293,93838.9%
Oct 1, 20262,3092,54638.9%
Sep 30, 20262,2992,53838.6%
Sep 29, 20262,2692,52538.8%
Sep 28, 20262,2412,49338.2%
Sep 27, 20262,0502,29038.7%
Sep 26, 20262,2102,41435.4%
Reports received at Sugar Land 4S - Alcorn Lake, reports from 0.0 to 3.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0123Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Sugar Land 4S - Alcorn Lake, reports from 0.0 to 3.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0123Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Sugar Land 4S - Alcorn Lake, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.08, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.50Sep 18Sep 23Sep 28Oct 3Oct 8Oct 13
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
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Oct 20.80
Oct 10.04
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.28
Sep 280.00
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Sep 250.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.00
Sep 220.00
Sep 211.08
Sep 200.00
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00

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