Weather/Texas/Instruments/BFKT2
Needville 4SSW - Buffalo Creek
At a river or reservoir gauge in Fort Bend County, TexasAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- BFKT2
- Latitude
- 29.34960 N
- Longitude
- 95.86210 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 275 reports in 118 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 3:45 AMCDT, 18 minutes ago
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Station charts
Needville 4SSW - Buffalo Creek Report
Rank 4,373 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 score72.9of 100
- Texas median
- 95.4the median score of 4,689 stations
- Scoring higher
- 4,371stations in Texas
- Sharing its score
- 3ranks 4,372 to 4,374
- Points deducted
- 27.121.6 reports received, 4.8 continuity, 0.7 arrival
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
- Next above
- DW8534rank 4,372; ahead on reports received 40.6% against 38.1%
- Next below
- DIXT2rank 4,374; behind on reports received 38.1% against 27.9%
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.
- Reports receivedweight 3538.213.4 of 35 pointsTexas median 97.5275 of 720 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1092.79.3 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 14 min
- Continuityweight 1052.35.2 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 3.2 h, on a schedule of one report every 14 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 (42 min), none for 72 (16.8 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 14 min
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 72 of 10270.5% of its schedule, 92 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 291 of 72040.4% of its schedule, 376 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 3 h 11 minfrom Oct 9, 11:59 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 15, 11:55 PMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 14 min9 in 10 within 19 min
From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.
Its schedule is one report every 14 min, 102 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 14 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 1,232 |
| 90 to 99% | 1,390 |
| 80 to 89% | 399 |
| 70 to 79% | 424 |
| 60 to 69% | 129 |
| 50 to 59% | 481 |
| 40 to 49% | 298 |
| 30 to 39% | 87 |
| 20 to 29% | 146 |
| 10 to 19% | 70 |
| 0 to 9% | 33 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 4,373 | 4,689 | 38.1% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 4,391 | 4,658 | 31.6% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 4,440 | 4,656 | 23.2% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 3,755 | 4,666 | 49.2% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 4,072 | 4,698 | 43.7% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 4,089 | 4,764 | 43.2% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3,932 | 4,904 | 46.7% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 3,932 | 4,902 | 46.7% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 4,789 | 5,212 | 26.9% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 4,448 | 5,124 | 27.6% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 4,365 | 4,690 | 30.2% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 4,472 | 4,757 | 31.3% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 4,026 | 4,210 | 31.2% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3,739 | 3,938 | 31.2% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3,739 | 3,938 | 31.2% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2,369 | 2,546 | 30.6% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2,359 | 2,538 | 27.5% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 2,344 | 2,525 | 29.9% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 2,206 | 2,493 | 44.0% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 2,031 | 2,290 | 41.0% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2,184 | 2,414 | 39.2% |