Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
HELT2
Latitude
29.55670 N
Longitude
98.74580 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 614 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
4:10 AMCDT, 29 minutes ago

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

Helotes Report

Rank 3,659 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 score82.8of 100

Texas median
95.2the median score of 4,734 stations
Scoring higher
3,656stations in Texas
Sharing its score
8ranks 3,657 to 3,664
Points deducted
17.213.7 reports received, 2.7 continuity, 0.8 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
CBAT2rank 3,658; ahead on reports received 61.5% against 60.9%
Next below
FW8003rank 3,660; behind on reports received 60.9% against 60.1%

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 3560.921.3 of 35 pointsTexas median 96.9614 of 1,008 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1092.09.2 of 10 pointsTexas median 91.9half its reports arrived within 14 min
  3. Continuityweight 1073.37.3 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 70 min, on a schedule of one report every 10 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 (30 min), none for 72 (12 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 10 minon the hour's :00, :10, :20, :30, :40 and :50
Reports received, 24 hours
58 of 14440.2% of its schedule, 60 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
588 of 1,00858.3% of its schedule, 622 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
70 minfrom Oct 12, 7:10 AM
Latest report
Oct 17, 4:10 AMlocal 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 10 min, 144 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 10 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. Helotes received 60.9 per cent, 614 of 1,008 scheduled reports, rank 3,659 of 4,734.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 17THIS ONE: 60.9%, 614 OF 1,008, RANK 3,659 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 Helotes's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 2,100 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 1,981 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 2,113 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 2,126 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 2,116 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 2,089 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 3,440 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 3,442 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 3,645 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 4,033 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 4,015 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 4,023 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 4,004 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 4,052 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 4,049 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 3,765 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 3,560 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 3,434 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 3,570 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 3,596 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 3,625 of 4,689; 2026-10-17 rank 3,659 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, 20263,6594,73460.9%
Oct 16, 20263,6254,68962.5%
Oct 15, 20263,5964,65863.3%
Oct 14, 20263,5704,65665.5%
Oct 13, 20263,4344,66666.7%
Oct 12, 20263,5604,69863.3%
Oct 11, 20263,7654,76455.2%
Oct 10, 20264,0494,90452.4%
Oct 9, 20264,0524,90252.5%
Oct 8, 20264,0045,21249.9%
Oct 7, 20264,0235,12448.9%
Oct 6, 20264,0154,69050.0%
Oct 5, 20264,0334,75755.9%
Oct 4, 20263,6454,21059.3%
Oct 3, 20263,4423,93859.9%
Oct 2, 20263,4403,93859.9%
Oct 1, 20262,0892,54664.4%
Sep 30, 20262,1162,53860.9%
Sep 29, 20262,1262,52560.9%
Sep 28, 20262,1132,49358.2%
Sep 27, 20261,9812,29053.7%
Sep 26, 20262,1002,41458.5%
Reports received at Helotes, reports from 1.0 to 7.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports024686 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM
Reports received at Helotes, reports from 1.0 to 7.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02468Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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