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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BUUT2
Latitude
29.81590 N
Longitude
95.53270 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 42 reports in 76 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:00 PMCDT, 4 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

Fairbanks 3SSW - Buttermilk Creek Report

Rank 33 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 score100.0of 100

Texas median
95.4the median score of 4,689 stations
Scoring higher
0stations in Texas
Sharing its score
616ranks 1 to 616
Points deducted
0.0of 100
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
FTWrank 32; ahead on reports due 168 against 42, the longer record first
Next below
GLAT2rank 35; behind on median arrival 15 min 6 s against 15 min 8 s
Sharing its rank
1other 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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsTexas median 97.542 of 42 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 15 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 4 h, on a schedule of one report every 3.9 h
  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 24 min, none at 3.9 h
Continuity
Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (11.8 h), none for 72 (283.2 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 3 h 56 minon the hour's :00 and :56
Reports received, 24 hours
6 of 6100% of its schedule, 12 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
42 of 42100% of its schedule, 81 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
4 h 01 minfrom Oct 9, 11:59 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 8:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
15 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 3 h 56 min, 6 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 3 h 56 min count as one received.

Chart of the 4,689 ranked stations in Texas on Oct 16 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, 33; 10 to 19 per cent, 70; 20 to 29 per cent, 146; 30 to 39 per cent, 87; 40 to 49 per cent, 298; 50 to 59 per cent, 481; 60 to 69 per cent, 129; 70 to 79 per cent, 424; 80 to 89 per cent, 399; 90 to 99 per cent, 1,390; 100 per cent, 1,232. Fairbanks 3SSW - Buttermilk Creek received 100.0 per cent, 42 of 42 scheduled reports, rank 33 of 4,689.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 100.0%, 42 OF 42, RANK 33 OF 4,689PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 93310 to 197020 to 2914630 to 398740 to 4929850 to 5948160 to 6912970 to 7942480 to 8939990 to 991,3901001,232STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Fairbanks 3SSW - Buttermilk Creek's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 2,411 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 2,286 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 2,490 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 2,422 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 2,445 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 2,480 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 3,852 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 3,852 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 4,135 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 4,614 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 4,465 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 4,897 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 4,924 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 4,657 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 4,658 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 4,504 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 3,245 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 3,427 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 3,526 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 3,494 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 33 of 4,689.ITS RANK IN TEXAS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12,0004,0006,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
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
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 2026334,689100.0%
Oct 15, 20263,4944,65856.2%
Oct 14, 20263,5264,65655.0%
Oct 13, 20263,4274,66656.2%
Oct 12, 20263,2454,69858.7%
Oct 11, 20264,5044,76422.3%
Oct 10, 20264,6584,90422.1%
Oct 9, 20264,6574,90222.1%
Oct 8, 20264,9245,21217.2%
Oct 7, 20264,8975,12417.2%
Oct 6, 20264,4654,69017.4%
Oct 5, 20264,6144,75716.6%
Oct 4, 20264,1354,21016.2%
Oct 3, 20263,8523,93816.0%
Oct 2, 20263,8523,93816.0%
Oct 1, 20262,4802,54616.8%
Sep 30, 20262,4452,53817.7%
Sep 29, 20262,4222,52517.2%
Sep 28, 20262,4902,4933.3%
Sep 27, 20262,2862,2903.4%
Sep 26, 20262,4112,4143.4%
Reports received at Fairbanks 3SSW - Buttermilk Creek, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.751Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Fairbanks 3SSW - Buttermilk Creek, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.751Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15
Precipitation at Fairbanks 3SSW - Buttermilk Creek, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.76, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.502.00Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
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Oct 10.48
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