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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
DSCV2
Latitude
38.95440 N
Longitude
77.41980 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 76 reports in 62 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:59 PMEDT, 5 hours ago
Precipitation this hour
-
Precipitation today
-

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 98 instruments in Virginia stand at one.

Station charts

Unknown Tributary AT Dulles Station Report

Rank 1,522 of 1,541 in Virginia, 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 score61.3of 100

Virginia median
95.9the median score of 1,541 stations
Scoring higher
1,520stations in Virginia
Sharing its score
2ranks 1,521 to 1,522
Points deducted
38.731.0 reports received, 6.5 continuity, 0.7 arrival, 0.4 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Virginia median 100.0, 100.0, 96.5
Next above
GW5711rank 1,521; ahead on reports received 18.9% against 11.3%
Next below
GW7570rank 1,523; behind on 247 score 61.3 against 61.2

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 3511.34.0 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.976 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1092.79.3 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 14 min
  3. Continuityweight 1034.63.5 of 10 pointsVirginia median 100.0longest silence 6 h, on a schedule of one report every 15 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.7 of 10 points, at the medianVirginia median 96.5-

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 (45 min), none for 72 (18 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 5 min
Reports received, 24 hours
10 of 2883.4% of its schedule, 13 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
128 of 2,0166.3% of its schedule, 181 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
30 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
5 h 59 minfrom Oct 9, 12:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:59 PMlocal time

The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 76 of 672 scheduled reports received, 11.3%.

Its schedule is one report every 5 min, 288 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 5 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,541 ranked stations in Virginia 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, 5; 10 to 19 per cent, 17; 20 to 29 per cent, 48; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 81; 50 to 59 per cent, 182; 60 to 69 per cent, 29; 70 to 79 per cent, 130; 80 to 89 per cent, 138; 90 to 99 per cent, 543; 100 per cent, 362. Unknown Tributary AT Dulles Station received 11.3 per cent, 76 of 672 scheduled reports, rank 1,522 of 1,541.WHERE IT RANKS IN VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 11.3%, 76 OF 672, RANK 1,522 OF 1,541PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9510 to 191720 to 294830 to 39640 to 498150 to 5918260 to 692970 to 7913080 to 8913890 to 99543100362STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Unknown Tributary AT Dulles Station's rank in Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-27 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-27 rank 625 of 733; 2026-09-28 rank 702 of 807; 2026-09-29 rank 732 of 818; 2026-09-30 rank 112 of 818; 2026-10-01 rank 210 of 820; 2026-10-02 rank 1,004 of 1,140; 2026-10-03 rank 1,004 of 1,140; 2026-10-04 rank 1,166 of 1,183; 2026-10-05 rank 1,363 of 1,415; 2026-10-06 rank 1,388 of 1,444; 2026-10-07 rank 1,472 of 1,526; 2026-10-08 rank 1,467 of 1,534; 2026-10-09 rank 1,245 of 1,529; 2026-10-10 rank 1,218 of 1,530; 2026-10-11 rank 4 of 1,520; 2026-10-12 rank 1,512 of 1,532; 2026-10-13 rank 1,512 of 1,536; 2026-10-14 rank 1,519 of 1,537; 2026-10-15 rank 1,512 of 1,532; 2026-10-16 rank 1,522 of 1,541.ITS RANK IN VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,5002,000Sep 27Oct 1Oct 5Oct 9Oct 13Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%362
90 to 99%543
80 to 89%138
70 to 79%130
60 to 69%29
50 to 59%182
40 to 49%81
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%48
10 to 19%17
0 to 9%5
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20261,5221,54111.3%
Oct 15, 20261,5121,53211.4%
Oct 14, 20261,5191,53711.4%
Oct 13, 20261,5121,53611.4%
Oct 12, 20261,5121,5329.9%
Oct 11, 202641,520100.0%
Oct 10, 20261,2181,53047.6%
Oct 9, 20261,2451,52944.6%
Oct 8, 20261,4671,53419.6%
Oct 7, 20261,4721,52619.6%
Oct 6, 20261,3881,44421.3%
Oct 5, 20261,3631,41520.2%
Oct 4, 20261,1661,18319.6%
Oct 3, 20261,0041,14065.8%
Oct 2, 20261,0041,14065.8%
Oct 1, 2026210820100.0%
Sep 30, 2026112818100.0%
Sep 29, 202673281880.0%
Sep 28, 202670280780.0%
Sep 27, 202662573381.8%
Reports received at Unknown Tributary AT Dulles Station, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Unknown Tributary AT Dulles Station, reports from 0.0 to 15.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Unknown Tributary AT Dulles Station, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.96, 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
Oct 160.00
Oct 150.08
Oct 140.00
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.32
Oct 111.96
Oct 100.00
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.04
Oct 30.16
Oct 20.24
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.20
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.20
Sep 221.23
Sep 210.44
Sep 200.08
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00
Sep 170.12

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