Weather/Virginia/Instruments/KPTV2
Chesapeake Bay AT Kiptopeke
At a river or reservoir gauge in Northampton County, VirginiaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- KPTV2
- Latitude
- 37.17000 N
- Longitude
- 75.99000 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 827 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 11:54 PMEDT, 36 minutes ago
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Chesapeake Bay AT Kiptopeke Report
Rank 751 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 score96.1of 100
- Virginia median
- 95.9the median score of 1,541 stations
- Scoring higher
- 746stations in Virginia
- Sharing its score
- 11ranks 747 to 757
- Points deducted
- 3.93.0 arrival, 0.5 reports received, 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
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.
- Reports receivedweight 3598.534.5 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.9827 of 840 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1070.27.0 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 25 min
- Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsVirginia median 100.0longest silence 36 min, on a schedule of one report every 12 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
- 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 (36 min), none for 72 (14.4 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 12 minon the hour's :06, :12, :24, :36, :42 and :54
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 118 of 12098.3% of its schedule, 138 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 826 of 84098.3% of its schedule, 983 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 30 minfrom Oct 15, 1:06 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 12:06 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 25 min9 in 10 within 27 min
From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.
Its schedule is one report every 12 min, 120 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 12 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 751 | 1,541 | 98.4% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 756 | 1,532 | 98.3% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 920 | 1,537 | 97.2% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 926 | 1,536 | 97.1% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 900 | 1,532 | 97.0% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 875 | 1,520 | 97.1% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 867 | 1,530 | 98.3% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 870 | 1,529 | 98.4% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 879 | 1,534 | 98.2% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 670 | 1,526 | 99.0% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 695 | 1,444 | 99.0% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 694 | 1,415 | 99.0% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 690 | 1,183 | 98.9% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 646 | 1,140 | 98.9% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 612 | 1,140 | 99.1% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 495 | 820 | 98.7% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 466 | 818 | 99.4% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 486 | 818 | 99.3% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 507 | 807 | 99.4% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 477 | 733 | 99.1% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 468 | 729 | 99.1% |