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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
HPOT2
Latitude
29.74920 N
Longitude
95.28810 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 357 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:15 PMCDT, 53 minutes ago
Precipitation today
0in

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

Buffalo Bayou 4 AT Turning Basin Report

Rank 3,250 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 score87.9of 100

Texas median
95.2the median score of 4,734 stations
Scoring higher
3,247stations in Texas
Sharing its score
3ranks 3,248 to 3,250
Points deducted
12.110.2 reports received, 1.6 arrival, 0.3 continuity
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
TLNT2rank 3,249; ahead on reports received 73.2% against 70.8%
Next below
TCEQ-8rank 3,251; behind on 247 score 87.9 against 87.8

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 3570.824.8 of 35 pointsTexas median 96.9357 of 504 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1083.68.4 of 10 pointsTexas median 91.9half its reports arrived within 18 min
  3. Continuityweight 1097.59.8 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 65 min, on a schedule of one report every 20 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 (60 min), none for 72 (24 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 20 min
Reports received, 24 hours
49 of 7268.0% of its schedule, 58 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
356 of 50470.6% of its schedule, 418 reports in all
Longest silence, 7 days
65 minfrom Oct 10, 9:30 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 11:40 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 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 20 min, 72 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 20 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. Buffalo Bayou 4 AT Turning Basin received 70.8 per cent, 357 of 504 scheduled reports, rank 3,250 of 4,734.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 17THIS ONE: 70.8%, 357 OF 504, RANK 3,250 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 Buffalo Bayou 4 AT Turning Basin's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 1,988 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 1,823 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 2,052 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 2,026 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 2,003 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 1,985 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 3,066 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 3,065 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 3,089 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 3,528 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 3,188 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 3,111 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 2,871 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 2,714 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 2,716 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 3,035 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 3,163 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 3,198 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 3,298 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 3,239 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 3,236 of 4,689; 2026-10-17 rank 3,250 of 4,734.ITS RANK IN TEXAS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,0004,000Sep 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, 20263,2504,73470.8%
Oct 16, 20263,2364,68971.4%
Oct 15, 20263,2394,65871.2%
Oct 14, 20263,2984,65671.8%
Oct 13, 20263,1984,66671.6%
Oct 12, 20263,1634,69872.6%
Oct 11, 20263,0354,76472.4%
Oct 10, 20262,7164,90472.6%
Oct 9, 20262,7144,90272.4%
Oct 8, 20262,8715,21273.8%
Oct 7, 20263,1115,12466.5%
Oct 6, 20263,1884,69066.8%
Oct 5, 20263,5284,75766.2%
Oct 4, 20263,0894,21074.4%
Oct 3, 20263,0653,93874.0%
Oct 2, 20263,0663,93873.9%
Oct 1, 20261,9852,54674.5%
Sep 30, 20262,0032,53873.5%
Sep 29, 20262,0262,52569.3%
Sep 28, 20262,0522,49369.3%
Sep 27, 20261,8232,29077.7%
Sep 26, 20261,9882,41472.8%
Reports received at Buffalo Bayou 4 AT Turning Basin, reports from 0.0 to 7.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports024683 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 17
Reports received at Buffalo Bayou 4 AT Turning Basin, reports from 0.0 to 9.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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