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At a river or reservoir gauge

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Identifier
VGBT2
Latitude
29.88330 N
Longitude
95.46760 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 53 reports in 80 hours over the last seven days
Rank
4,243of 4,689 in Texas, Oct 16
Observed
11:59 PMCDT, 23 minutes ago
Precipitation this hour
0in
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

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Highland Heights Report

Rank 4,243 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 score75.6of 100

Texas median
95.4the median score of 4,689 stations
Scoring higher
4,240stations in Texas
Sharing its score
3ranks 4,241 to 4,243
Points deducted
24.423.0 reports received, 0.7 arrival, 0.7 continuity
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
LSIT2rank 4,242; ahead on reports received 35.1% against 34.1%
Next below
ADSrank 4,244; behind on 247 score 75.6 against 75.5

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 3534.212.0 of 35 pointsTexas median 97.553 of 155 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1092.79.3 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 14 min
  3. Continuityweight 1093.39.3 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 4 h, on a schedule of one report every 65 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 65 min
Continuity
Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (3.3 h), none for 72 (78 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
Rank
4,243of 4,689 in Texas, Oct 16
Schedule
every 65 min
Reports received, 24 hours
8 of 2236.3% of its schedule, 14 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
53 of 15534.1% of its schedule, 92 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, 11:59 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
14 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 65 min, 22 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 65 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. Highland Heights received 34.1 per cent, 53 of 155 scheduled reports, rank 4,243 of 4,689.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 34.1%, 53 OF 155, RANK 4,243 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 Highland Heights'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 2,449 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 2,486 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 2,440 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 2,486 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 3,873 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 3,874 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 4,148 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 4,613 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 4,476 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 4,964 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 5,059 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 4,378 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 4,388 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 4,397 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 3,972 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 4,294 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 4,098 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 4,023 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 4,243 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, 20264,2434,68934.1%
Oct 15, 20264,0234,65839.5%
Oct 14, 20264,0984,65637.0%
Oct 13, 20264,2944,66632.2%
Oct 12, 20263,9724,69841.0%
Oct 11, 20264,3974,76428.9%
Oct 10, 20264,3884,90432.7%
Oct 9, 20264,3784,90233.3%
Oct 8, 20265,0595,21215.4%
Oct 7, 20264,9645,12417.4%
Oct 6, 20264,4764,69018.5%
Oct 5, 20264,6134,75718.5%
Oct 4, 20264,1484,21016.8%
Oct 3, 20263,8743,93816.0%
Oct 2, 20263,8733,93816.0%
Oct 1, 20262,4862,54616.0%
Sep 30, 20262,4402,53818.2%
Sep 29, 20262,4862,5258.5%
Sep 28, 20262,4492,4939.4%
Sep 27, 20262,2862,2903.4%
Sep 26, 20262,4112,4143.4%
Reports received at Highland Heights, reports from 0.0 to 2.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.511.523 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Highland Heights, reports from 0.0 to 2.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.511.52Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Highland Heights, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.92, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.250.500.751.00Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 150.00
Oct 140.00
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.00
Oct 110.00
Oct 100.00
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.08
Oct 30.00
Oct 20.92
Oct 10.40
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.36
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.00
Sep 220.00
Sep 210.00
Sep 200.00
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00
Sep 170.00

The instrumentWhat an instrument is FB-INS-001

What it seesMoon and tides FB-CLK-003Hurricane FB-EVT-043Nor'easter FB-EVT-066Flash flood FB-EVT-100Coastal flood FB-EVT-105

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